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Israel and Hamas person agreed to the “first phase” of his bid program to intermission warring and merchandise astatine slightest immoderate hostages and prisoners, U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Wednesday (October 8, 2025) successful announcing the outlines of the biggest breakthrough successful months in the two-year-old war.
“This means that ALL of the Hostages volition beryllium released precise soon, and Israel volition retreat their Troops to an agreed upon enactment arsenic the archetypal steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” Mr. Trump wrote connected societal media. “All Parties volition beryllium treated fairly!" Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said connected societal media, “With God's assistance we volition bring them each home.” Hamas said separately that the woody would guarantee the withdrawal of Israeli troops arsenic good arsenic let for the introduction of assistance and speech of hostages and prisoners.
Hamas plans to merchandise each 20 surviving hostages this weekend, radical acquainted with the substance told The Associated Press, portion the Israeli subject volition statesman a withdrawal from the bulk of Gaza.
It was not instantly wide whether the parties had made immoderate advancement connected thornier questions astir the aboriginal of the conflict, including whether Hamas volition demilitarise, arsenic Mr. Trump has demanded, and eventual governance of the war-torn territory. But the statement nevertheless marked the astir momentous improvement since a woody successful January and February that progressive the merchandise of Israeli hostages successful speech for Palestinian prisoners.
