Trump is credited with ending the 12-day war. Israel launched attacks on the heart of Iran’s nuclear program and military leadership in June, saying it wanted to stop Iran from building a nuclear weapon — which Tehran has denied it was trying to do.

Israel plans Gaza City offensive, calling 60,000 reservists; Hamas accepts 60-day ceasefire proposal with hostage swaps.

U.S. President Donald Trump often claimed in his second presidential term that he stopped six wars within six months. On Aug. 18, 2025, during a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy while calling for an end to the Ukraine-Russia war, Trump said he had " ended " six wars.

Hamas says it has accepted a proposal from Arab mediators for a ceasefire in the 22-month war sparked by its 2023 attack into Israel.

The Trump administration says a Nobel Peace Prize is "well past time" for the "peacemaker-in-chief", and has listed the "wars" he has supposedly ended. Some lasted just days - although they were the result of long-standing tensions - and it is unclear whether some of the peace deals will last.

Israeli soldiers stand on the top of a tank parked on an area near the Israeli-Gaza border, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Aug. 18, 2025.

President Donald Trump said the remaining hostages will only return once Hamas is "confronted and destroyed" as Israel plans to expand its Gaza offensive.

Did Trump settle six wars in six months? He claimed to in a Truth Social post. He has been involved in several peace agreements, but not quite six.

U.S. President Donald Trump has frequently invoked his success at resolving international conflicts, casting himself as a global peacemaker while his aides and some foreign leaders push for him to receive the Nobel Peace Prize.

President Trump praised Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel for bombing Iranian nuclear sites, and credited himself as well.