{"id":55375,"date":"2025-08-26T18:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/trump-says-gaza-war-could-reach-conclusive-ending-in-just-weeks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T23:36:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T23:36:34","slug":"trump-says-gaza-war-could-reach-conclusive-ending-in-just-weeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/trump-says-gaza-war-could-reach-conclusive-ending-in-just-weeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump says Gaza war could reach \u201cconclusive ending\u201d in just weeks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump emphasised that his administration is making strong progress and insisted that &#8220;it does have to end,&#8221; reiterating a sense of urgency amid a devastating humanitarian crisis. <\/p>\n<p>He, however, provided few specifics to support his prediction. <\/p>\n<p>Trump later appeared to defer to Special Envoy Steve Witkoff for further details on diplomatic efforts, who echoed praise for the president\u2019s leadership in advancing peace talks farther than contemplated.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also acknowledged the deep-rooted nature of the conflict, saying it is &#8220;a hard thing to say&#8221; that it will end soon, given that tensions in the region have spanned generations. Still, he maintained an optimistic outlook, asserting that the current efforts were producing positive momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts and observers note that Trump has frequently employed similar short-term timelines\u2014most commonly a \u201ctwo-week\u201d window\u2014to forecast resolution of various international issues, from the Russia-Ukraine war to nuclear negotiations with Iran and trade discussions. These forecasts, however, have often fallen short of fruition.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the situation on the ground remains daunting. Israel has made clear that it is not inclined toward a phased ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas. Instead, the Israeli government is proceeding with plans to advance into Gaza City, a campaign expected to span several more months. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-93242 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/421620.jpg\" alt=\"Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Monday, Trump emphasised that his administration is making strong progress and insisted that &quot;it does have to end,&quot; reiterating a sense of urgency amid a devastating humanitarian crisis. \" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed confidence that the nearly two-year war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza could conclude within the next two to three weeks. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000093243,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[201],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-rania-umutoni"],"bylines":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"contributors":[{"id":201,"name":"Rania Umutoni","slug":"rania-umutoni","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":139}],"featured_image":{"id":2000093243,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/421620.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000093243"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55375"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55375"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}