Close to reaching the Gaza agreement .. and Erdogan helped me

US President Donald Trump said in a statement to “Axios”, on Saturday: “We are close” to reaching a peace agreement in Gaza, adding that he will push the completion of the agreement within the next few days, “US President Donald Trump said in a statement to” Axios “, on Saturday.

Trump said: “I told Baby (Netanyahu): This is your chance to achieve victory, and he was agreeing. He has to be so, he has no choice. With me, you have to agree.”

The statements indicate that Trump’s public messages and diplomatic efforts behind the scenes on Friday brought Israel and enthusiasm more than ever ending with the end of the war, which started about two years ago, specifically on October 7, 2023 when Hamas launched its attacks on southern Israel.

A White House official told “Axios” that the American envoy Steve Wittakov and Trump’s son -in -law Jared Kushner went on Saturday to Egypt to complete the technical details of the hostage launch and “discussing the permanent peace agreement.”

According to the Israeli army, the operations in Gaza turned on Saturday morning into a defensive situation, and the air strikes were stopped except for the necessary to protect the forces.

This came after Trump on Friday called Israel to stop its air strikes and enter into talks with Hamas to complete the agreement.

The office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed that it stopped the Israeli attack “in preparation for the immediate implementation of the first stage of the Trump plan, which is related to the immediate release of all the hostages.”

Trump said that he spoke by phone with Netanyahu on Friday before he publicly called for stopping the strikes, noting that his team had previously warned him that Netanyahu might show reservations. But he made it clear that the latter agreed during the contact to move forward.

Trump said: “We have found wide acceptance of our plan – all countries of the world support them, Bibi Moayad, and Hamas has come a long way and want to implement it. Now we only have to complete it.”

“Erdogan helped me”

Trump pointed out that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “very useful” in pressuring Hamas to move forward with the release of the hostages, adding: “Erdogan helped a lot. He is a strong man, but he is my friend and was great.”

A US official told the site that Trump spoke to Erdogan on Friday before the release of Hamas and asked him to ensure that the movement would not reject the deal.

The official added: “Trump told Erdogan: I have done a lot for you, and now I need to do this for me.”