Do Americans support the Trump-backed Gaza peace deal? What a new poll found
Most Americans support the recently announced peace deal between Israel and Hamas, which President Donald Trump helped broker, according to a new YouGov/Economist poll.
In the survey, 53% of respondents said they approve of the deal, while just 7% said they disapprove of it and 40% were unsure. But support varied sharply by political affiliation and age group.
Republicans overwhelmingly endorse the diplomatic agreement, with 70% voicing approval, while less than half of Democrats and independents — 44% and 47%, respectively — share this view.
Older adults were also far more supportive than younger ones. Fifty-six percent of respondents aged 45–64 and 69% of those 65 and above said they back the deal, compared to 41% of those 18–29 and 46% of those 30–44.
The survey sampled 1,622 U.S. adults Oct. 10-13, and it has a margin of error of 3.5 percentage points.
It comes shortly after Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a peace deal, laying the groundwork to end the war in Gaza, which has raged for two years, wreaking widespread devastation in the enclave.
The war has left more than 66,000 Palestinians dead, many of them women and children, according to Gaza health officials. And large shares of the territory’s 2.1 million residents have faced famine and starvation due, in part, to Israeli restrictions on aid, according to U.N. officials.
The current conflict began in October 2023, when Hamas militants attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 Israelis and taking 251 hostage, according to U.S. officials.
As part of the recently reached peace deal, a cease-fire took effect, and Hamas freed the 20 remaining Israeli hostages in exchange for the release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
Trump — who unveiled a 20-point peace plan last month, and whose administration has spearheaded diplomatic talks — heralded the deal as a historic achievement.
“This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen,” he wrote on Truth Social on Oct. 8. “BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”
Numerous world leaders and former White House occupants — including former Presidents Joe Biden and Bill Clinton — also commended Trump for his role in brokering the deal.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas welcomed Trump’s announcement of the Gaza peace agreement, and affirmed his willingness to work with mediators to establish a lasting peace grounded in international law.
“Through steadfast resolve, powerful military action, and the great efforts of our great friend and ally President Trump, we have reached this critical turning point,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in a post on X.
The next phase of the negotiations is now set to take place, with the future governance of Gaza still in question.
The peace deal remains fragile, though, given that a previous agreement fell apart and that Israel has restricted the amount of aid allowed into Gaza due to concerns over delays in the hostage transfers, according to the Associated Press.
This story was originally published October 14, 2025 at 4:54 PM with the headline "Do Americans support the Trump-backed Gaza peace deal? What a new poll found."