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Hamas has formally announced that it

accepts some of the main parts of the US

sponsored peace plan for Gaza, including

freeing all the remaining Israeli

hostages, but it is seeking to make some

changes. President Trump had given Hamas

until 6 p.m. Washington time on Sunday

to reach an agreement. Let's speak now

to Tom Baitman, who's in Washington, and

to John Sudworth in Jerusalem. John, is

this a yes to the deal or not?

Well, it's certainly a significant

statement, Rita. I think first and

foremost, the agreement to hand over the

hostages, albeit subject to certain

conditions and further negotiations,

will bring real hope to their families

who've been hoping for this for a long

time. And it's also significant that

Hamas appears to agree to hand over the

governance of Gaza in the future to

Palestinian tech technocrats as laid out

in President Trump's peace plan. You can

be certain the Israeli government will

be pouring over the detail. This

statement comes just a few hours after

President Trump issued a very stern

ultimatum suggesting if it didn't agree

all hell would have to be paid. And I

think the Israeli government will be

trying to work out whether this does

look like at least a good faith attempt

to engage on some of the broad

principles or whether it is in fact an

attempt to buy time. And you can be

certain that uh the ultraist farright

members of the government will be

looking very carefully perhaps concerned

over the fact there is no mention in

this at all of Hamas giving up its

weapons.

>> John Sudworth in Jerusalem. Thank you.

And Tom Baitman in Washington. This has

just come out. How is the Trump

administration likely to respond?

>> Well, I mean the statement itself, Rita,

gives, I think, a yes to the thing that

Donald Trump wants most, and that is uh

the release of the hostages held by

Hamas in exchange for Palestinian

prisoners within this very short time

frame. Uh that's what he's always

sought. As for the rest of his 20point

plan, quite a lot of that it appears, is

being rejected uh by Hamas or at least

being subjected to further uh the issue

of further negotiations. So the crucial

point now is what is the Trump

administration going to say? My sense

strongly tonight is that the

administration is viewing Hamas's

response as positive and at the very

least the basis for more negotiations.

President Trump has been recording a

message in the Oval Office. His

spokesman has described that message as

a response to Hamas's acceptance of his

peace plan.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
announce /əˈnaʊns/ B1	verb - to make a public declaration about something
accept /əkˈsɛpt/ A2	verb - to agree to receive or take something
sponsor /ˈspɒnsər/ B1	verb - to support or finance an event or activity noun - a person or organization that supports an event or activity financially
free /friː/ A1	verb - to release from confinement or control adjective - not confined or restricted
hostage /ˈhɒstɪdʒ/ B1	noun - a person held prisoner by a captor to compel others to act
seek /siːk/ A2	verb - to try to find or obtain something
change /tʃeɪndʒ/ A1	verb - to make or become different noun - the act or process of making or becoming different
agreement /əˈɡriːmənt/ A2	noun - a mutual understanding between parties
significant /sɪɡˈnɪfɪkənt/ B1	adjective - important or meaningful
govern /ˈɡʌvən/ B1	verb - to rule or administer a country or group
technocrat /ˈtɛknəʊkræt/ C1	noun - a person with expertise in science or technology who engages in administrative roles
detail /ˈdiːteɪl/ A2	noun - a small part of something verb - to explain or describe something thoroughly
ultimatum /ˌʌltɪˈmætəm/ B2	noun - a final demand or statement with serious consequences if ignored
weapon /ˈwɛpən/ A2	noun - a tool or instrument used in combat or defense
respond /rɪˈspɒnd/ A2	verb - to say or do something as a reaction
negotiation /ˌnɛɡəʊʃiˈeɪʃən/ B1	noun - discussion aimed at reaching an agreement