Local advocate 'cautiously optimistic' on Gaza peace proposal plan

O MELT IN THE HEAT THIS WEEKEND. >> YEAH THEY'LL GET A LITTLE SPOILED. >> KEEP THEM INSIDE. OKAY ADAM. THANK YOU. WE TURN NOW TO A MAJOR DEVELOPMENT. THIS IN THE WAR OVERSEAS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. HAMAS HAS RESPONDED TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP'S PROPOSAL FOR PEACE IN GAZA. IT HAS AGREED TO RELEASE ALL OF THE REMAINING ISRAELI HOSTAGES IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET. ACTION NEWS REPORTER BRIANA SMITH LIVE FOR US RIGHT THERE IN THE SATELLITE CENTER WITH THE DETAILS ON WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THIS DEVELOPING NEWS. >> BRIANNA GRAY HAMAS ONLY AGREED TO PARTS OF THE PEACE PLAN JUST HOURS AFTER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP THREATENED MORE MILITARY ACTION IF HAMAS DIDN'T MEET THE SUNDAY DEADLINE. ADVOCATES HERE AT HOME SAY THEY'RE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON THE NEXT STEPS. OVERSEAS. CALLS FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST CONTINUE AS OCTOBER 7TH WILL MARK TWO YEARS SINCE HAMAS ATTACKED ISRAEL. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ISRAEL MUST IMMEDIATELY STOP THE BOMBING OF GAZA SO THAT WE CAN GET THE HOSTAGES OUT SAFELY AND QUICKLY. THIS COMES AFTER HAMAS ACCEPTED A PORTION OF TRUMP'S PLAN TO END THE WAR. HAMAS SAYS IT WILL RELEASE THE 48 REMAINING HOSTAGES AND ABOUT 20 ARE EXPECTED TO BE ALIVE, BUT ONLY IF ISRAEL WITHDRAWS FROM GAZA AND PROPER FIELD CONDITIONS ARE MET. >> I AM CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC. WE'VE BEEN IN THIS PLACE SEVERAL TIMES HOPING THAT THIS DEAL WILL ACTUALLY COME TO TO REAL LIFE, AND WE WILL SEE THOSE HOSTAGES HOME. >> FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS, DAPHNA, OFER AND MARY HAVE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR THE HOSTAGES IN PHILADELPHIA. IT'S BEEN A TOUGH TWO YEARS FOR EVERYONE. ISRAELIS, JEWISH PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD AND PALESTINIANS. SO IT'S TIME TO END THIS. HAMAS ALSO AGREED TO HAND OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE GAZA STRIP TO THE PALESTINIANS, BUT MORE NEGOTIATIONS ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE DEAL. >> THERE IS NO REAL MEANINGFUL SOLUTION TO THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM. >> OSAMA AL-QASSAM, THE LOCAL PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL ON AMERICAN-ISLAMIC RELATIONS, SAYS ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. >> THE CORE OF THE PROBLEM IS PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD. PALESTINIAN SELF ASPIRATION, PALESTINIAN DIGNITY AND THE RIGHT TO HAVE THEIR OWN HOME. IT'S NOT EXPLAINED IN THE PROPOSAL. >> TRUMP'S PLAN ALSO REQUIRES ISRAEL TO RELEASE HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS AND ALLOW AN AID, WITH INTERNATIONAL LEADERS OVERSEEING THE TERRITORY. >> I'M REALLY HOPING THAT THIS TIME THIS WILL END AND WE CAN, YOU KNOW, LIVE TOGETHER PEACEFULLY. >> AND THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING ISRAEL IS PREPARING FOR THE IMMEDIATE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FIRST STAGE OF THE PLAN. LIVE IN THE SATELLITE CENTER BRIANA SMITH