WASHINGTON <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width:0px;background-color:rgb(244, 246, 248);color:rgb(66, 66, 66);display:inline !important;float:none;font-family:&quot;Visby CF&quot;;font-size:20px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:0.15px;orphans:2;text-align:start;text-decoration-color:initial;text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-thickness:initial;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:2;word-spacing:0px;">— President Donald Trump said on Friday (July 4) it was good that Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal.He told reporters aboard Air Force One there could be a deal on a Gaza ceasefire by next week but that he had not been briefed on the current state of negotiations.ALSO READ: <a href="https://www.asiaone.com/world/hamas-says-it-responds-gaza-ceasefire-proposal-positive-spirit">Hamas says it responds to Gaza ceasefire proposal in 'a positive spirit'</a>

Palestinians inspect the site of Thursday's Israeli strike that damaged and destroyed residential buildings, at Shati (Beach) refugee camp, in Gaza City, July 4, 2025.

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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said on Friday (July 4) it was good that Hamas said it had responded in "a positive spirit" to a US-brokered Gaza ceasefire proposal. He told reporters aboard Air Force One there could be a deal on a Gaza ceasefire by next week but that he had not been briefed on the current state of...

Trump says there could be a Gaza deal next week