“I support your plan to end the war in Gaza which achieves our war aims,” Netanyahu said in a joint press conference with the US president. In devastated Gaza, residents expressed skepticism that Trump’s plan could end the war. Trump’s plan, meanwhile, leaves hope for Palestinian statehood — something he said Netanyahu had strongly objected to during the meeting. Other key points in Trump’s plan include deployment of a “temporary international stabilization force” — and the creation of the transitional authority headed by him and including former British premier Tony Blair. The Gaza war was triggered by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, attack on Israel that killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally from Israeli official figures.