US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable on Antifa, an anti-fascist movement he has described as a domestic “terrorist organization” in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on October 8, 2025.
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US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday evening that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan that could put an end to the two-year-old war and free the hostages.
Trump said in a post on the Truth Social website: “All hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw its forces to an agreed-upon line as the first steps toward a strong, lasting, and lasting peace. All parties will be treated fairly!”
The initial agreement was confirmed by Israeli officials, Hamas, and Qatar, the mediator.
The spokesman for the Qatari Prime Minister, Majid Al-Ansari, said in a press statement: Share on X An agreement was reached on “all conditions and mechanisms to implement the first phase of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, which will lead to stopping the war, releasing Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners and allowing the entry of aid,” according to a CNBC translation of his publication in Arabic. He added that more details will be announced later.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked Trump for the
An Israeli government spokesman said that the release of the hostages would begin on Saturday, according to Reuters. in Interview with Fox NewsTrump said he expected the hostages to be released “probably” on Monday in the United States.
Hamas confirmed these details in a separate statement. The group said, “We highly appreciate the efforts of our mediator brothers in Qatar, Egypt and Turkey. We also value the efforts of US President Donald Trump, who seeks to put a final end to the war and complete withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip.”
It was not clear whether the two sides had made progress on the most controversial issues, including whether Hamas would agree to disarm. President Trump has demanded How will the war-torn Gaza Strip be dealt with?
The agreement, which came after days of negotiations in Egypt, is expected to witness the release of… About 20 Israeli hostages vs Nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners. Trump had He signaled optimism about the development earlier in the day Saying that he is considering a trip to the Middle East within days.
Trump 20 points The proposal was released last month He called for ending the war in Gaza to “the process of demilitarizing Gaza… which will include permanently placing weapons out of use through an agreed upon disarmament process.”
The plan called for Gaza to be governed within the framework of “a temporary transitional government of a technocratic, non-political Palestinian committee, responsible for providing the day-to-day administration of public services and municipalities for the people of Gaza.”
The Gaza War began in October 2023 when Hamas terrorists attacked Israel, killing about 1,200 people. The Israeli retaliation campaign has begun since then More than 67 thousand people were killedThis destroyed much of the Gaza Strip and threw the Middle East into crisis.
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