Hamas had said it agreed to “immediately” enter negotiations for the release of all hostages according to Trump’s plan – though it stopped short of accepting the proposal unconditionally. “In light of Hamas’s response, Israel is preparing to immediately implement the first phase of Trump’s plan for the immediate release of all hostages,” said a statement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office. In a video posted to Truth Social after the Hamas statement but before Israel’s, the president called it a “big day,” while cautioning: “We’ll see how it all turns out. The Hamas response makes no mention of disarmament or the decommissioning of weaponry, another critical part of the Trump proposal that Hamas has repeatedly rejected. Nor does the Hamas response address the creation of an international oversight committee led by Trump — which he’s dubbed the “Board of Peace” — to supervise governance in Gaza.