US in ‘Very Deep Negotiations’ With Hamas to End Gaza Conflict, Trump Says

The president said conditions in the Gaza Strip are ‘going to be nasty’ if Hamas doesn’t agree to release all of its remaining hostages.

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media as he signs executive orders during a press availability in the Oval Office of the White House on September 05, 2025 in Washington, D.C.Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

The United States is in “very deep negotiations with Hamas” to bring an end to the current conflict in the Gaza Strip, President Donald Trump announced on Sept. 5.

Hamas, which continues to hold hostages taken from Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, has so far rejected any deals to end the nearly two-year Israeli military campaign across the Gaza Strip, despite widespread death and destruction throughout the territory.