Israel and the terror group Hamas have officially entered into a ceasefire after the two sides reached agreement on the initial stage of a plan to end the war in Gaza.
The agreement was presented to the Israeli government on Thursday. The security cabinet voted Thursday to approve the deal that was reached after days of negotiation in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the adoption of the agreement after the security council vote.
“We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims, and a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages – all of the hostages, the living and the dead – and we’re about to achieve that goal,” Netanyahu said.
U.S. Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sat alongside the Israeli premier at the announcement.
“I really want to say that this all would not have been possible without the bravery of the IDF,” Kushner stated. “I know a lot of you, probably all of you have family, friends who were in this effort … put your sacrifices on the line to fight for your country and to try to make a difference. I think that made a very, very big difference.”
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WATCH: Remarks by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the government meeting for the approval of the hostages release framework, together with President Trump&#8217;s Special Envoy to the Middle East, <a href="https://twitter.com/SteveWitkoff?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SteveWitkoff</a>, and with the President&#8217;s son-in-law, <a href="https://twitter.com/jaredkushner?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JaredKushner</a>. <a href="https://t.co/zMALibPcEY">pic.twitter.com/zMALibPcEY</a>
— Prime Minister of Israel (@IsraeliPM) <a href="https://twitter.com/IsraeliPM/status/1976427095489216751?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
Trump is expected to visit Israel in the coming days and address the Knesset, a rare honor for a U.S. president. Speaker of the Knesset Amir Ohana on Thursday officially <a href="https://x.com/AmirOhana/status/1976375333185257830">invited</a> “The Peace President” to address the Israeli body.
The ceasefire includes the release of the hostages held by Hamas. Trump has said that he expects the 20 living hostages still held by Hamas to be returned to Israel early next week.
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It is unclear how many of the dead hostages, 28 in all, will be returned to Israel. Reports during the negotiations suggested that Israeli officials had concerns that Hamas did not know the locations of the bodies of all of the dead and may not be able to return them.
Israel is expected to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners in return. The release may <a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/liveblog_entry/report-claims-israel-will-free-barghouti-other-top-terror-convicts/">include</a> notorious top terrorists as well.
Israeli military forces are expected to pull back from the heart of Gaza during the first phase of the ceasefire.

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The United States is reportedly sending 200 troops to Israel to oversee implementation of a ceasefire between Jerusalem and the terror group Hamas.
No U.S. troops will be sent into Gaza, according to the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mideast-gaza-israel-hamas-us-military-c19caf7b193dbb3bfaf056366f9e2369">Associated Press</a>. The service members will staff a “civil-military coordination center” set up by U.S. Central Command in coordination with partner nations and nongovernmental organizations.
The coordination center will monitor the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli security council voted to approve the first phase of a peace proposal on Thursday, officially enacting a ceasefire that includes the release of hostages held by Hamas and a military pullback from Israel.
The ceasefire comes after Israel and Hamas negotiators hammered out an initial agreement in the Egyptian seaside city of Sharm el-Sheikh. Israeli and Hamas officials met through negotiators. Foreign diplomats from the United States, Turkey, and other countries converged on Sharm el-Sheikh as the two sides drew close to a deal earlier this week.
Those diplomats included Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and the president’s son-in-law and former adviser Jared Kushner, who received personal thanks from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the security council vote.
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“We fought during these two years to achieve our war aims, and a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages – all of the hostages, the living and the dead – and we&#8217;re about to achieve that goal,” Netanyahu said. “We couldn&#8217;t have achieved it without the extraordinary help of President Trump and his team, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.”
The prime minister also thanked the Israel Defense Forces for being one prong of “combined military and diplomatic pressure that isolated Hamas [and] … brought us to this point.”
The structure of the ceasefire is built off of a U.S.-backed proposal announced last month at a joint press conference with Netanyahu. At the time, Trump said the proposal could lay the groundwork for establishing “eternal peace in the Middle East.”
The proposal received backing from a slate of Arab countries. Qatar, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt released a joint statement following the proposal’s rollout backing “Trump’s leadership and his sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza, and assert their confidence in his ability to find a path to peace.”

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday night announced a breakthrough in the negotiations between Israel and Hamas, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-israel-and-gaza-have-a-deal-on-first-phase-of-middle-east-peace-plan">setting into motion</a> the first phase of Trump&#8217;s peace plan to bring the war in Gaza to an end.
After more than a week of pressuring both Israel and Hamas to come to terms with the 20-point plan that the president laid out on September 29, Trump said that both parties have agreed that the remaining hostages taken by Hamas would be returned, while Israeli troops will withdraw from Gaza &#8220;to an agreed upon line.&#8221;
Now that the first phase of the deal has been reached, here&#8217;s what to expect next:
<h3>Israeli Government Will Meet To Officially Approve Agreement</h3>
The Israeli Cabinet is scheduled to meet on Thursday to approve the agreement. The Trump administration appears confident that Israel will approve the deal quickly. A White House official told The Daily Wire, &#8220;Once they vote yes, Israel has to withdraw to the line which should take under 24 hours.&#8221; Israeli officials <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1976213105765146995">clarified</a> that the ceasefire will not be in effect until the government approves the first phase of the deal. Once that happens, Hamas will have 72 hours to return the remaining hostages, the White House official added.
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog <a href="https://x.com/Isaac_Herzog/status/1976116944005628175">said</a> on Wednesday night that the agreement has his &#8220;full support.&#8221; Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu <a href="https://x.com/netanyahu/status/1976065453807034399">said</a> that he &#8220;will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.&#8221;
<h3>Hamas Releases Hostages On Monday</h3>
The White House official said that the Trump administration expects the hostages to &#8220;begin getting released on Monday.&#8221; It is believed that 20 living hostages remain in Hamas captivity, NBC News <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-israel-hamas-trump-peace-plan-rcna236552/rcrd90292?canonicalCard=true">reported</a>. The terror group said that it will take them more time to find the 28 bodies of the hostages who died in their custody. The Israel Defense Forces will remain in some parts of Gaza until the hostages are released.
Hospitals in Israel are already preparing to treat the hostages.
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Hospitals are preparing for the hostages&#8217; return.
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<h3>Israel Releases Terrorist Prisoners</h3>
In exchange for Hamas releasing the remaining hostages, Israel agreed to set 2,000 prisoners free, including 250 people who were convicted of murder and serving life sentences. On Thursday, a senior Hamas official <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/world/middle-east/live-blog/live-updates-israel-hamas-trump-peace-plan-rcna236552/rcrd90294?canonicalCard=true">said</a> that the terror group handed over the list of prisoners who will be freed in the deal.
<h3>Trump Travels To Israel</h3>
President Trump is expected to travel to Israel and speak to the Knesset on Sunday after an invitation from Netanyahu, Axios <a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/10/09/trump-israel-visit-gaza-hostage-peace-deal">reported</a>.
&#8220;I will definitely do that if they want me to,&#8221; Trump said.
Trump&#8217;s visit will likely be short, according to Israeli journalist Amit Segal, who <a href="https://x.com/AmitSegal/status/1976220128435110247">wrote</a>, &#8220;The plan is for Trump to arrive on Saturday night between Saturday and Sunday, have a reception at Ben Gurion Airport, visit the Knesset, and take off. No additional ceremonies or meetings.&#8221;
<h3>More Negotiations?</h3>
The first phase of the deal does not include some important points from Trump&#8217;s 20-point peace plan, which means that negotiations could continue for some time. One central point that was left out is Trump&#8217;s demand that Hamas agree to disarm. The president&#8217;s plan calls on the terror group to commit to “peaceful co-existence,&#8221; adding that those who decide to disarm would be given amnesty and may live in Gaza, or they will be given safe passage elsewhere.

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Just before President Donald Trump announced to the world that a deal had been reached between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, a photo circulated of the moment Secretary of State Marco Rubio leaned in to inform him that an agreement was imminent.
Trump was in the middle of a roundtable discussion about Antifa, the violent group agitating protests and riots in places like Portland, Oregon, when Rubio stepped in and briefly interrupted. Trump quickly informed those seated around the table that he might be needed shortly.
Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci shared a photo of the iconic moment – along with a glimpse of the handwritten note Rubio had handed to the president: &#8220;Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.&#8221;
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Trump did announce the deal a short time later, saying via his Truth Social platform, &#8220;BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!&#8221;
&#8220;I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first Phase of our Peace Plan. This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,&#8221; Trump said. &#8220;All Parties will be treated fairly! 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.&#8221;
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also issued a statement immediately after the deal was reached.
&#8220;With the approval of the first phase of the plan, all our hostages will be brought home. This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel. From the beginning, I made it clear: we will not rest until all our hostages return and all our goals are achieved,&#8221; he posted.
&#8220;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. I thank President Trump for his leadership, his partnership, and his unwavering commitment to the safety of Israel and the freedom of our hostages,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;God Bless Israel. God Bless America. God Bless our great alliance.&#8221;
The deal, according to a White House official with knowledge of the situation, &#8220;goes to the Israeli cabinet tomorrow. Once they vote yes, Israel has to withdraw to the line which should take under 24 hours. Then the 72 hour clock begins, and Hamas will try to go earlier if possible. Our assessment is that hostages will begin getting released on Monday.&#8221;

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The Trump administration reflected on October 7, 2023, on Tuesday, acknowledging Hamas’ “brutal terrorist attack” on Israel and reaffirming that the United States is committed to “its unwavering support for Israel’s right to exist, to defend itself, and to ensure the safety of its people.”
Secretary of State Marco Rubio released a <a href="https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2025/10/two-year-anniversary-of-october-7th-attack/">statement</a> on the anniversary of the attack, saying, “Today marks two years since the attacks of October 7, when Hamas murdered more than 1,200 innocent men, women, and children — including 46 Americans — in the most brutal terrorist attack in Israel’s history.”
“As the United States marks this tragic anniversary and honors the victims, we renew our resolve to prevent such evil from ever taking place again,” Rubio pledged.
Vice President JD Vance also remembered the massive terrorist attack on Israel, <a href="https://x.com/JDVance/status/1975544380435169422">posting</a> on X on Tuesday, “On this second anniversary of the terrible terrorist attacks of October 7, we remember all of the innocent people brutally murdered by Hamas. And we continue to work towards President Trump’s plan to bring the remaining hostages home and build a lasting peace for all.”
President Donald Trump is scheduled to <a href="https://nypost.com/2025/10/07/us-news/trump-to-host-edan-alexander-american-who-spent-584-days-in-hamas-captivity-at-white-house/">host</a> Eden Alexander, an American who was held hostage by Hamas for nearly 600 days, at the White House on Tuesday afternoon. Alexander was freed by Hamas in May and is believed to have been the last surviving American taken hostage by the terror group during its October 7, 2023, attack.
The second anniversary comes as President Donald Trump seeks to close out a peace deal between Israel and Hamas. Last Friday, Hamas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-says-it-will-release-all-hostages-but-does-not-agree-to-other-details-of-trumps-peace-plan">said</a> it would release the rest of the remaining hostages, but added that it wanted to continue negotiating Trump’s 20-point peace plan. In a statement on Friday, the terror group did not agree to disarm, a major point in the plan laid out by Trump. The group also did not address Trump’s offer to give terrorists amnesty to live in Gaza or the option to be given safe passage elsewhere if they lay down their weapons.
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Trump remains optimistic that a peace deal will be secured between Israel and Hamas to bring an end to the two-year war. If the terrorists don’t agree to Trump’s plan, the president warned on Sunday that they would face “complete obliteration.” Trump initially gave Hamas a 6:00 p.m. ET deadline on Sunday to agree to the peace deal.
“Under President Trump’s leadership, America is leading the effort to secure the release of all hostages, end Hamas’s rule in Gaza, and advance a durable peace that ensures not only Israel’s security, but generational peace and prosperity for the region. This vision of stability, security, and a future free from terror is at the heart of the President’s 20-Point Plan,” Rubio added in his statement.
The Secretary of State also addressed the “troubling surge in antisemitism” that has plagued the United States and other nations since the attack on Israel.
“As I have said, there can be no compromise with antisemitism,” Rubio added. “We continue to condemn all acts of terrorism and antisemitism against Israel, and we call on the international community to stand with Israel during this painful anniversary.”

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told The Daily Wire&#8217;s Ben Shapiro on Monday that he thinks the world is &#8220;close to the end of the war,&#8221; praising the United States for bringing the world to the negotiating table for peace.
Netanyahu sat down with Shapiro in Israel ahead of the two-year anniversary of the October 7 terrorist attack, and said Israel still has &#8220;things to do to complete the victory&#8221; against Hamas. Shapiro, who called President Donald Trump &#8220;the most pro-Israel president in the history of the United States,&#8221; said it&#8217;s &#8220;pretty incredible&#8221; that Trump has been able to broker a peace deal that has support around the world.
Netanyahu said Israel gives Trump full credit for his ability to turn the tables against Hamas.
&#8220;Right now the liberty of the world, the security of the world, is dependent on the strength of the United States,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;What President Trump has done, in a very short time, is bring America back to the driver seat in world affairs. That&#8217;s very important, because we all depend on America&#8217;s strength and America&#8217;s resolve.&#8221;
Netanyahu stressed the importance of Israel&#8217;s partnership with the United States, while noting that Israel is &#8220;the junior partner&#8221; and &#8220;nobody should mistake that.&#8221;
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But while acknowledging the imbalance at this point in the relationship, Netanyahu argued that there are benefits for the United States as well.
“‘America First’ doesn’t mean America alone, because all countries need allies. Superpowers need allies,” the prime minister said. “The problem that you&#8217;ve had over the years, the United States, is that you didn&#8217;t have these allies pulling their weight. Israel is an ally, it&#8217;s a fighting ally that pulls its weight.”
Netanyahu put forward the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign against Iran earlier this year as an example. The “12-Day War” that ended on June 25 saw numerous Israeli strikes on Iranian military positions, the destruction of Iran’s air defense, and a severe setback to Tehran’s nuclear program. The United States delivered the final blow on Tehran’s nuclear program with a combined B-2 bombing run and Tomahawk missiles launched from a submarine against sites at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.
Israel, with U.S. backing, has defeated “your enemies who were trying to develop intercontinental ballistic missiles armed with nuclear warheads to attack your cities. That&#8217;s what Iran was doing,” said Netanyahu.
Iran has long expressed hostility toward the United States, with its leaders <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/iranian-president-sworn-with-chants-death-america-israel-2024-07-30/">leading</a> chants of “Death to America” and <a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/10/16/iran-accuses-biden-of-inciting-chaos-terror-amid-protests">calling</a> the United States the “Great Satan.”
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“We just knocked out Iran &#8230; with President Trump&#8217;s very judicious and pointed assistance. It didn&#8217;t start World War 3. It didn&#8217;t require, you know, thousands of Americans to die or to go to Tehran,” Netanyahu continued. “We had exactly the right alliance in which we shared the labor, and we achieved this neutralization of Iran.”
Aside from its direct military action against U.S. opponents, Israel also provides significant boosts to American weaponry and intelligence. Iron Dome, the anti-ballistic missile Arrow defense system, and the Trophy system designed to protect tanks are all defensive systems developed by Israel and shared with the United States, the prime minister said.
Netanyahu added that Israel has also shared offensive capabilities with the United States as well, though he said he couldn&#8217;t give all the details. “We share it with America, but I can&#8217;t share it with you,” joked Netanyahu.
“The most advanced offensive weapons on the planet – things that none of the superpowers have – developed by Israel, shared with America. That&#8217;s very important because, you know, you have to be strong. Everybody understands that,” he added. “That&#8217;s what President Trump says, and he says it correctly: peace through strength. You’ve got to be strong in order to get the peace.”
Netanyahu said that the October 7 anniversary is a time to reflect on what&#8217;s been accomplished in the past two years.
&#8220;We can all acknowledge, and in some ways also celebrate the fact, that we rose from the ashes,&#8221; Netanyahu said. &#8220;From the pit of despair, we&#8217;ve become again the dominant power in the Middle East, perhaps stronger than we were before. That&#8217;s something that we can give thanks for.&#8221;

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In a blistering rebuke of what he called a “blatant lie,” Richard Tice, Deputy Leader of the U.K.’s Reform Party, has issued firsthand testimony challenging claims that Gaza is currently facing famine. Having just returned from the Israeli-Gaza border, Tice accused both the United Nations and the British government of ignoring facts on the ground while fueling what he described as antisemitic sentiment disguised as humanitarian concern.
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In a piece titled, “<a href="https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/on-the-gaza-front-line-i-find-the-famine-is-a-blatant-lie/">On the Gaza front line, I find the famine is a blatant lie</a>,” Tice, who has stepped up as one of the few British political voices willing to challenge the dominant Gaza famine narrative, spoke of his visit to the Kerem Shalom crossing — a dangerous checkpoint through which humanitarian aid flows into Gaza. What he saw there contradicts the headlines: “I found myself at an Israeli border crossing into Gaza. I stood among hundreds of pallets of fresh avocados, onions and bananas, along with more flour, sugar and tins than I had ever seen.”
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This wasn’t some isolated warehouse. It was the frontline of a war zone, and yet, he reported, aid is moving.
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More damningly, Tice questioned why organizations like the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) have been so slow in distributing this aid, despite having the largest footprint in Gaza. According to Tice, these organizations are either failing outright or deliberately stonewalling. Some even refuse to cooperate with Israeli vetting procedures — refusals that, as Tice points out, delay the aid and empower Hamas to seize supplies for the black market, driving up prices and manufacturing artificial scarcity. In short, it’s not famine — it’s manipulation. “Why are we still funding the UN and other organisations that fail and lie?” he asked rhetorically.
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Backing Tice’s claims is an <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/how-the-uns-famine-authority-engaged-in-data-fraud-to-undermine-u-s-humanitarian-aid?utm_source=chatgpt.com">explosive forensic</a> report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI), a nonpartisan body that analyzed the data behind the UN’s August declaration of famine. The NCRI’s conclusion? The UN&#8217;s claim that famine was “currently occurring” in Gaza City was based on statistically manipulated models, cherry-picked data, and outright suppression of contradictory evidence. For example, the IPC — the UN’s famine classification arm — based its famine alarm on six data points modeled exponentially, even when a linear model fit just as well. Worse, an updated dataset of more than 15,000 children showing malnutrition at 13.5% — below the 15% famine threshold — was available before publication but ignored. In short, famine hadn’t been reached, and the UN knew it.
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Even worse, the UN famine authority buried contradictory hunger surveys, selectively labeled regions to exaggerate suffering, and excluded Rafah — one of the most stable areas receiving U.S.-backed aid from the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation — claiming it had been “depopulated,” despite including it in previous reports. The result? A distorted picture aimed at discrediting American-led humanitarian efforts in favor of the UN’s aging, politically compromised machinery.
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Tice called it what it is: fraud. He warned that the real victims here are not just the misled Western public or taxpayers, but the Israeli civilians who continue to suffer from terrorist attacks and the honest Palestinians being manipulated by a terror-controlled regime and corrupt aid networks. He concluded that if the UN and its affiliates are willing to bury their own data to preserve a narrative, they must be held accountable.
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President Donald Trump pressured Hamas to “move quickly” to release the hostages in a Saturday morning post on Truth Social — or “all bets will be off.”
Trump also thanked Israel for “temporarily” ceasing “the bombing.”
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The president, during a joint press conference on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, establish lasting peace, and rebuild the area.
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-hamas-agree-to-peace-plan-by-deadline-or-all-hell-will-break-out">proposal</a> drawn up by the Trump administration and agreed to by Israel would require Hamas to disarm and turn over the remaining hostages. In return, Hamas terrorists who agree to disarm would be given amnesty to live in Gaza or the option to be given safe passage elsewhere. Israel would also be forced to turn over “250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context,” according to the document.
Multiple Middle Eastern nations have also expressed support for the plan, including Qatar and Egypt.
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On Friday, Trump issued an ultimatum to Hamas, noting that they had until 6 p.m. ET on Sunday to accept the deal, or “all hell” would break loose. Shortly after on Friday, Hamas signaled that they are prepared to release the remaining hostages — though they don’t seem to be willing to disarm, which is a critical part of the peace plan.
“In this context, the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss these details,” Hamas said.
Without Hamas agreeing to the other terms of the deal, however, Israel might not be willing to agree to the release of hundreds of prisoners.
Zach Jewell contributed to this report.

Trump Warns Hamas To ‘Move Quickly’ To Release Hostages, Or ‘All Bets Will Be Off’

The chairman of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee said on Friday he will introduce legislation to deter aggression against Taiwan by identifying targets for economic measures that could be deployed rapidly if China acts against the island.
Republican Senator Jim Risch of Idaho said his &#8220;Deter PRC Aggression Against Taiwan Act&#8221; would create a State and Treasury Department-led task force that would identify Chinese military and non-military targets for sanctions, export controls and other economic measures to use against Beijing in case of Chinese aggression against Taiwan.
&#8220;Using lessons learned from the challenges in U.S. and partner country sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, this legislation will ensure America is prepared to hit China where it hurts should China follow through on its threats to use violent force against Taiwan,&#8221; Risch said in a statement.
An aide said he planned to introduce the measure on Monday.
The Chinese foreign ministry, in a statement in response to Reuters questions, said the United States should strictly abide by the one-China principle &#8211; under which China claims the democratically governed Taiwan as its own &#8211; and stop undermining bilateral relations and stability across the Taiwan Strait.
&#8220;The Taiwan issue is China&#8217;s internal affair,&#8221; the ministry said. &#8220;How to resolve it is solely China&#8217;s own business and does not tolerate any external interference.&#8221;
News of the proposed bill comes ahead of an expected meeting this month between U.S. President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, with the U.S. leader seeking to conclude a major trade deal with Washington&#8217;s biggest economic and geopolitical rival.
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China has never renounced the use of force to bring the island under its control. Beijing has stepped up military and political pressure against Taiwan in recent years.
The U.S. State Department says the U.S. position on Taiwan has not changed and that Washington opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo from either side.
Analysts say China would particularly like the Trump administration to state explicitly that it opposes Taiwan&#8217;s independence rather than say, as did the Biden administration, that it did not support it.
Risch&#8217;s bill is one of several legislative initiatives in the Senate and House of Representatives that supporters say underscore support in Congress for continuing to take a hard line against any Chinese moves on Taiwan.
(Reporting by Patricia Zengerle and David Brunnstrom; Additional reporting by Ryan Woo in Beijing; Editing by Daniel Wallis)

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President Donald Trump said on Friday that Hamas is &#8220;ready for a lasting PEACE&#8221; after the terror group <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/hamas-says-it-will-release-all-hostages-but-does-not-agree-to-other-details-of-trumps-peace-plan?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Hamas+Says+It+Will+Release+All+Hostages%2C+But+Does+Not+Agree+To+Other+Details+Of+Trump%E2%80%99s+Peace+Plan">claimed</a> it would release all remaining hostages as it continues to negotiate other terms of Trump&#8217;s peace proposal.
The president also called on Israel to &#8220;stop the bombing of Gaza&#8221; to allow for the hostages to be handed over safely.
&#8220;Based on the Statement just issued by Hamas, I believe they are ready for a lasting PEACE. Israel must immediately stop the bombing of Gaza, so that we can get the Hostages out safely and quickly!&#8221; Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115312298602997974">said</a> in a post on Truth Social. &#8220;Right now, it’s far too dangerous to do that. We are already in discussions on details to be worked out. This is not about Gaza alone, this is about long sought PEACE in the Middle East.&#8221;
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to Hamas&#8217; statement, saying that Israel is &#8220;preparing for the immediate implementation of the first stage of President Trump’s plan for the prompt release of all the hostages.&#8221;
&#8220;We will continue to work in full cooperation with the President and his team to bring the war to an end in accordance with the principles set out by Israel, which are aligned with President Trump’s vision,” Netanyahu added.
On Friday afternoon, Hamas released a statement responding to Trump’s plan, agreeing to release all of the remaining hostages and hand over administration of Gaza to an independent Palestinian body. In the statement, Hamas did not agree to disarm, a major point in the plan laid out by President Trump and agreed to by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu earlier this week.
Hamas said it would release the remaining hostages “according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump’s proposal, and as the field conditions for the exchange are met.”
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“In this context, the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss these details,” Hamas added in its statement.
The terror group said it appreciated President Trump&#8217;s efforts &#8220;calling for an end to the war on the Gaza Strip, the exchange of prisoners, the immediate entry of aid, the rejection of occupation of the Strip, and the rejection of the displacement of our Palestinian people from it.&#8221; Middle Eastern countries, including Egypt and Qatar, have also been involved in the peace talks and welcomed Trump&#8217;s push to end the war.
According to the plan, Israel would also be forced to turn over “250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context.” Without Hamas agreeing to the other terms of the deal, however, Israel might not be willing to agree to the release of hundreds of prisoners.
Earlier on Friday, Trump told Hamas to agree to the 20-point peace plan by Sunday at 6:00 p.m. ET or face &#8220;all HELL.&#8221;

Trump Believes Hamas Is ‘Ready For A Lasting PEACE,’ Calls On Israel To ‘Stop The Bombing’

Another boat carrying suspected drug runners and their payload was blown to smithereens on Friday morning, under orders from President Donald Trump.
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth posted a video of the strike against the suspected &#8220;narco-terrorists,&#8221; saying that U.S. intelligence &#8220;without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics.&#8221; It marks the fourth strike ordered by the president against suspected drug traffickers in the Caribbean Sea.
&#8220;Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the strike, and no U.S. forces were harmed in the operation. The strike was conducted in international waters just off the coast of Venezuela while the vessel was transporting substantial amounts of narcotics &#8211; headed to America to poison our people,&#8221; said Hegseth. &#8220;Our intelligence, without a doubt, confirmed that this vessel was trafficking narcotics, the people onboard were narco-terrorists, and they were operating on a known narco-trafficking transit route. These strikes will continue until the attacks on the American people are over!!!!&#8221;
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Earlier this morning, on President Trump&#8217;s orders, I directed a lethal, kinetic strike on a narco-trafficking vessel affiliated with Designated Terrorist Organizations in the USSOUTHCOM area of responsibility. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed in the… <a href="https://t.co/QpNPljFcGn">pic.twitter.com/QpNPljFcGn</a>
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The president <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/u-s-deploys-forces-to-take-on-latin-american-drug-cartels-in-the-southern-caribbean">deployed</a> troops and military assets to the South Caribbean in August to take on “threats to U.S. national security from specially designated narco-terrorist organizations in the region.” U.S. forces have now killed 21 suspected drug runners in four strikes against suspected &#8220;narco-terrorists.&#8221;
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The Trump administration told Congress earlier this week that the president has decided the United States is in an &#8220;armed conflict&#8221; with drug cartels and that his actions are in self-defense, as Democrats condemn the strikes. A White House spokeswoman <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/us/politics/trump-drug-cartels-war.html?smid=tw-share">told</a> The New York Times that “the president acted in line with the law of armed conflict to protect our country from those trying to bring deadly poison to our shores, and he is delivering on his promise to take on the cartels and eliminate these national security threats from murdering more Americans.”
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has also condemned the U.S. action off his country&#8217;s coast, calling the strikes “a military attack on civilians who were not at war and were not militarily threatening any country.” He also accused the Trump administration of &#8220;seeking a regime change&#8221; in Venezuela. Maduro has a $50 million bounty on his head, which was placed by the U.S. government, citing his alleged ties to transnational gangs and drug cartels.

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Hamas signaled on Friday that it is willing to release the remaining hostages it is holding, but the terror group does not seem ready to accept President Donald Trump&#8217;s 20-point peace plan for Gaza.
Hamas released a statement responding to Trump&#8217;s plan, agreeing to release all of the remaining hostages and hand over administration of Gaza to an independent Palestinian body, <a href="https://x.com/BarakRavid/status/1974199303091503393">according</a> to Axios Global Affairs Correspondent Barak Ravid. However, Hamas did not agree to disarm, a major point in the plan laid out by President Trump earlier this week. The group also did not address Trump&#8217;s offer to give terrorists amnesty to live in Gaza or the option to be given safe passage elsewhere if they lay down their weapons.
In a statement, Hamas said it would release the remaining hostages “according to the exchange formula contained in President Trump’s proposal, and as the field conditions for the exchange are met.” According to the plan, Israel would also be forced to turn over “250 life sentence prisoners plus 1,700 Gazans who were detained after October 7th 2023, including all women and children detained in that context.”
“In this context, the movement affirms its readiness to immediately enter into negotiations through the mediators to discuss these details,” Hamas said.
Without Hamas agreeing to the other terms of the deal, however, Israel might not be willing to agree to the release of hundreds of prisoners.
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Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-to-hamas-agree-to-peace-plan-by-deadline-or-all-hell-will-break-out?author=Zach+Jewell&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=9&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Trump+To+Hamas%3A+Agree+To+Peace+Plan+By+Deadline+Or+%E2%80%98All+HELL+Will+Break+Out%E2%80%99">warned</a> the terror group on Friday morning that it had until 6:00 p.m. ET on Sunday to agree to the peace plan before “all HELL, like no one has ever seen before, will break out against&#8221; Hamas. The president made clear that this was the &#8220;LAST CHANCE&#8221; for the terrorists.
The statement from Hamas could be a ploy to buy time after Trump&#8217;s ultimatum, as it seeks more favorable terms. Muslim nations in the Middle East, including Qatar and Egypt, issued a joint statement welcoming Trump’s “sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza&#8221; earlier this week, but Hamas has remained hesitant to agree to the deal.
Trump said on Friday morning that the United States knows where the remaining Hamas fighters are hiding, adding that if the terror group does not agree to the peace plan, &#8220;You will be hunted down, and killed.”

Hamas Says It Will Release All Hostages, But Does Not Agree To Other Details Of Trump’s Peace Plan

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