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Hamas has agreed to a peace deal pushed by President Donald Trump to finish the battle in Gaza and return the hostages, two years after the terrorist community attacked Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, sparking not solely the bloodiest day for Jews for the reason that Holocaust, however a lethal battle and a humanitarian disaster within the Gaza Strip.
Trump took to Fact Social on Wednesday to make the announcement: “I’m very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have each signed off on the primary Section of our Peace Plan. Which means ALL of the Hostages will likely be launched very quickly, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the primary steps towards a Robust, Sturdy, and Eternal Peace. All Events will likely be handled pretty! It is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding Nations, and america of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who labored with us to make this Historic and Unprecedented Occasion occur. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”
Moments earlier than the president’s announcement, photographs emerged from the negotiation room in Sharm el-Sheikh displaying senior officers embracing and shaking palms as stories indicated important progress towards a hostage launch deal. Retired Normal Nitzan Alon was seen shaking palms with Qatar’s Prime Minister Al-Thani, with particular envoy Witkoff within the background. On the opposite aspect, Hamas chief Khalil al-Hayya and different senior officers appeared smiling. An Israeli supply stated preparations are underway for an official announcement of the settlement, whereas different officers count on it to be signed as early as Thursday. Israeli media reported Israel and the phobia group will signal the deal Thursday within the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stated in a press release, “With God’s assist, we’ll convey all of them dwelling.” Netanyahu added in a press release in Hebrew: “An incredible day for Israel. Tomorrow I’ll convene the federal government to approve the settlement and produce all our expensive hostages dwelling. I thank the heroic troopers of the IDF and all the safety forces — because of their braveness and sacrifice now we have reached today. I thank from the underside of my coronary heart President Trump and his crew for mobilizing for this sacred mission of liberating our hostages. With God’s assist, collectively we’ll proceed to attain all our targets and increase peace with our neighbors.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin talks to U.S. President Donald Trump throughout a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home on April 7, 2025, in Washington. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Photos)
The terrorist group Hamas introduced in an official assertion, “After accountable and critical negotiations performed by the motion and the Palestinian resistance factions concerning President Trump’s proposal in Sharm el-Sheikh, with the intention of ending the battle of extermination towards our Palestinian individuals and the withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip, Hamas proclaims the reaching of an settlement that ends the battle on Gaza, supplies for the withdrawal of the occupation, permits the entry of help and implements a prisoner change.
“We tremendously recognize the efforts of the mediators in Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, and thank U.S. President Donald Trump for his efforts to convey a couple of last finish to the battle and the total withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip. We name on President Trump, the guarantor states of the settlement, and all Arab, Islamic and worldwide events to oblige the federal government of the occupation to meet all of the settlement’s commitments, and to not enable it to evade or delay implementation of the accords.”
Dr. Majed al-Ansari, Spokesperson for Qatar’s Ministry of International Affairs, acknowledged on X: “The mediators announce that an settlement was reached tonight on all phrases and mechanisms for implementing the primary section of the Gaza ceasefire settlement, which is able to result in stopping the battle, releasing Israeli detainees and Palestinian prisoners, and permitting help to enter.”
Based on Israeli officers, the residing hostages are anticipated to be launched in a single section inside 72 hours. The return of the our bodies of deceased hostages will take longer, however Israel insists on their inclusion within the deal. Hamas, reportedly backed by some Israeli sources, claims that a part of the delay stems from the truth that a number of the our bodies will not be positioned in areas below its management.
Following Trump’s announcement, the hostages’ families’ headquarters launched a press release: “The hostages’ households want to specific deep gratitude to U.S. President Donald Trump and his crew for the management and willpower that led to this historic breakthrough: an finish to the battle and a complete settlement to return all of the hostages. There are 48 hostages in Hamas captivity. Our ethical and nationwide dedication is to convey all of them dwelling, each alive and fallen alike. Their return is a situation for the rehabilitation and revival of Israeli society as an entire. We is not going to relaxation or be quiet till the return of the final hostage. We are going to convey them again. We are going to rise.”
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu final week agreed to the U.S.’s 20-point plan that might see the whole withdrawal of Israeli forces from the Gaza Strip in change for the discharge of all 48 hostages nonetheless held, 21 of whom are nonetheless assessed to be alive, based on the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
The precise phrases of the settlement – which Israeli and Hamas negotiators traveled to Egypt to hash out on Monday – stay unclear. Although below the unique settlement, Hamas must utterly disarm in change for Israel’s army operation to finish, extra humanitarian help for Palestinians could be pushed into the enclave, and planning the reconstruction of Gaza might start.
Hamas, below the phrases, would even have been granted “amnesty” for individuals who willingly surrender their arms, and as soon as all of the hostages have been returned, Israel would launch “250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who have been detained after Oct. seventh, 2023.”
All of the hostages have been additionally purported to be freed inside 72 hours of an settlement being reached – although Hamas on Saturday signaled this can be unrealistic because it claims a number of the deceased are believed to be buried below rubble.
Hamas appeared to conform to a part of the unique phrases offered by the Trump administration. However it additionally signaled over the weekend that it had issues over its disarmament and the trustworthiness of Israel to not re-engage with its army ambitions as soon as the hostages are returned.
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Specifics on varied elements of the unique deal stay ambiguous, together with on the worldwide “Board of Peace” that might be headed by Trump and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair to supervise Gaza’s administration and reconstruction.
Trump stated final week that “leaders from different nations” could be named to the board later.
Hamas terrorists stand in formation as Palestinians collect on a road to look at the handover of three Israeli hostages to a Pink Cross crew in Deir el-Balah, central Gaza, on Feb. 8, 2025. (Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto by way of Getty Photos)
The 20-point blueprint additionally stated that Gaza Strip for the foreseeable future “will likely be ruled below the short-term transitional governance of a technocratic, apolitical Palestinian committee, accountable for delivering the day-to-day operating of public companies and municipalities for the individuals in Gaza.”
The plan, which has been backed by Middle Eastern and Arab nations, was offered to Hamas late final month by mediators from Qatar and Egypt.
Although each nations – together with a number of new Western nations making up 157 of the 193 UN member states – assist Palestinian statehood, the plan didn’t immediately pave a path for the way that may very well be achieved.
A separate panel of specialists, “who’ve helped beginning a number of the thriving trendy miracle cities within the Center East,” would develop an financial reconstruction plan.
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Folks participate in a protest outdoors US Embassy Department demanding the top of the battle and fast launch of hostages held by Hamas within the Gaza Strip, and towards Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities in Tel Aviv, Saturday, July 26, 2025. (AP Picture/Mahmoud Illean)
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Regardless of earlier issues over feedback made by Trump and his administration, nobody could be pressured to depart below the U.S.’s newest plan, which additionally prevents Israel from annexing Gaza.
As an alternative, based on the phrases of the deal launched final week by the White Home, “We are going to encourage individuals to remain and supply them the chance to construct a greater Gaza.”
Trump warned that if Hamas didn’t conform to the deal, Israel would have the total backing of the U.S. to hold out its operational plans in Gaza.
