Rubio note pass prompts Trump to predict peace in the Middle East

president Donald Trump said Secretary of State Marco Rubio handed him a memo indicating the United States is “very close to reaching a deal in the Middle East,” he revealed Wednesday at the White House during a roundtable on Antifa.

“Yes, I just got a memo from the Secretary of State saying we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East, and they’re going to need me very quickly,” Trump said.

Nearly two hours later, Trump posted on Truth Social that an agreement had been reached.

“I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have signed the first phase of the peace plan,” he said. “This means that all hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw its forces to an agreed line as the first steps towards a strong, lasting and eternal peace.”

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“All parties will be treated fairly!” Trump added. “This is a great day for the Arab and Islamic world, Israel, all surrounding countries, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to achieve this historic and unprecedented event. Blessed are the peacemakers!”

Israeli TV Channel 12 reported that the agreement will be signed at noon local time on Thursday, and the hostages and prisoners will be released on Saturday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also commented, saying: “With God’s help, we will return them all to their homeland.”

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio writes a memo indicating a possible peace agreement between Israel and Hamas before handing it to President Donald Trump during a roundtable on Antifa at the White House, Wednesday, in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

President Donald Trump holds a memo delivered to him by Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable on Antifa, Wednesday, at the White House in Washington, D.C. (Reuters/Evelyn Hochstein)

Trump said earlier Wednesday that he may travel to the Middle East as peace negotiations continue in Gaza. He said he might make the trip on Sunday, adding that a “large team” of negotiators was already there.

“I think that’s something that’s going to happen,” Trump said. “You have a good chance of that happening.”

US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are in Egypt to negotiate details of a possible peace agreement between Israel and Hamas in the war that began on October 7, 2023.

Later on Wednesday, Trump indicated that negotiations were going well.

“I was only dealing with people from the Middle East, our people and other people, about a potential Middle East peace agreement,” he said. “Peace in the Middle East. That’s a beautiful phrase, and we hope it comes true, but it’s very close and they’re doing very well.”

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The US special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is visiting Egypt to negotiate the details of a possible peace agreement between Israel and Hamas. (Getty Images)

The peace agreement reached by Trump may end the war in Gaza or Netanyahu’s career

Trump unveiled a 20-point plan to end the Gaza war on September 29, when Benjamin Netanyahu visited the White House. The plan includes granting “amnesty” to Hamas terrorists who give up their weapons in favor of peace, establishing Gaza as an “extremism-free, terrorism-free zone,” and redeveloping the area so that it no longer poses a threat to its neighbors and residents.

Trump warned Hamas that if it did not agree to the peace agreement, the terrorists would face “massive bloodshed.”

Hamas announced on Friday that it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, as part of Trump’s peace proposal.

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Israeli and Hamas officials met on Monday in the Egyptian resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula. Kushner — Trump’s son-in-law, who is credited with helping facilitate the Abraham Accords during his first administration — and Witkoff remain in Egypt to help negotiate an agreement.

Fox News Digital’s Emma Colton contributed to this report.