Netanyahu signals openness to Trump's Gaza ceasefire plan: Sources

Netanyahu is scheduled to sit down with Trump at the White House on Monday.

ByDavid Brennan and Nadine El-Bawab
Last Updated: September 28, 2025, 7:25 PM EDT

The Israel Defense Forces is continuing its operation to take control of Gaza City, the largest urban area in the Gaza Strip, despite international outcry over the deteriorated humanitarian situation in the Palestinian territory.

Meanwhile, in protest of Israel's continuation of its military operations in Gaza, several nations including France, the U.K. and Canada recognized Palestinian statehood as leaders gathered in New York last week for meetings at the United Nations General Assembly.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the leaders on Friday, again saying Israel will not allow an independent Palestinian state to exist.

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Sep 23, 2025, 3:18 PM EDT

Hamas must be excluded, hostages released to recognize Palestine, Italy says

After protests erupted in Italy, Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said that recognizing the state of Palestine is subject to two conditions: the release of the hostages and the "exclusion of Hamas from any role in governance within Palestine."

Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni reacts while listening to U.S. President Donald Trump's speech at the 80th United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, Sept. 23, 2025.
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"I continue to believe that recognizing Palestine, in the absence of a state that meets the requirements of sovereignty does not solve the problem, it does not produce tangible, concrete results for the Palestinians," Meloni said at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

Sep 23, 2025, 10:43 AM EDT

Recognizing state of Palestine is 'reward' to Hamas, Trump says

President Donald Trump criticized the move by several nations -- including France, Canada and the U.K. -- to recognize the state of Palestine, speaking at the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday.

"As if to encourage continued conflict, some of this body is seeking to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state. The rewards would be too great for Hamas terrorists for their atrocities," Trump said.

President Donald Trump addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York City, Sept. 23, 2025.
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Trump also called for the immediate release of the hostages still held by Hamas, including the bodies of dead hostages.

"I've also been deeply engaged in seeking a ceasefire in Gaza. Have to get that done. We have to get it done. Unfortunately, Hamas has repeatedly rejected reasonable offers to make peace," Trump said.

Sep 23, 2025, 6:59 AM EDT

38 killed in Gaza in past 24 hours, health ministry says

Israeli forces killed 38 people and wounded 190 others in the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said on Tuesday afternoon.

Relatives carry the covered bodies of Palestinian children who were killed by Israeli fire in the yard of Al-Shifa hospital, in Gaza City, on Sept. 23, 2025.
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The killings bring the death toll in Gaza since the ongoing war began to 65,382, according to the health ministry.

Among those killed over the past day were three people trying to collect humanitarian aid, while another 15 were injured, the health ministry said.

-ABC News' Morgan Winsor

Sep 23, 2025, 5:12 AM EDT

Remaining Gaza hospitals 'a few days' from shutdown, officials warn

The remaining hospitals still operating in the war-torn Gaza Strip "are only a few days away from…shutdown due to fuel shortages," Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health warned on Tuesday.

A Palestinian man looks on as he inspects the site of Israeli strikes on houses at Shati refugee camp in Gaza City, on Sept. 23, 2025.
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"A few days could bring scenes of vital departments shutting down, exacerbating the health crisis and exposing the lives of patients and the wounded to certain death," the health ministry said.

"Technical and engineering procedures for scheduling operating periods have become ineffective with the cessation of fuel supplies," it added.

-ABC News' Diaa Ostaz and Morgan Winsor

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