Donald Trump reiterates calls for ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas – Middle East crisis live
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Date: 2025-06-29T07:44:15.000Z
Title: Trump reiterates calls for Gaza ceasefire after saying a truce could be secured within a week
Content: We are continuing our live coverage of the latest developments in the Middle East, with a particular focus on Israel's war on Gaza.
US president, Donald Trump, has reiterated calls for a ceasefire deal between Hamas and Israel.
Posting to Truth Social on Sunday morning, he wrote: 'MAKE THE DEAL IN GAZA. GET THE HOSTAGES BACK!!!'
Trump said on Friday that he believed it is possible that a ceasefire could be reached within a week, despite intense bombardment of the strip by the Israeli military and continued deadly Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians.
Some 50 hostages remain in Gaza, with less than half believed to still be alive.
They were among 251 hostages taken in the Hamas-led 7 October attack on southern Israel in 2023, in which about 1,200 people were killed.
Indirect talks between the two sides have faltered since Israel shattered a previous ceasefire in March that had come into effect in January.
Israel's military, meanwhile, issued an evacuation order for the northern Gaza Strip this morning, warning Palestinian people in parts of Gaza City and nearby areas of imminent strikes there.
'The defense army is operating with extreme force in these areas, and these military operations will escalate, intensify, and extend westward to the city center to destroy the capabilities of terrorist organizations,' military spokesperson Avichay Adraee wrote on X.
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