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Smoke rises following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, seen from southern Israel, Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Israel and Hamas agree to part of Trump’s Gaza peace plan, will free hostages and prisoners

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

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Palestinian paramedic Saeed Awad looks at his phone displaying an image of U.S. President Donald Trump, following the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan to pause fighting, as he stands at Al-Aqsa Hospital, in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

The Latest: Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the ‘first phase’ of his peace plan

1 hour ago

Marwan Barghouti, center, raises his handcuffed hands in the air on the opening day of his trial in Tel Aviv, Israel, Aug. 14, 2002. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

Hamas wants to trade Gaza hostages for these high-profile prisoners. Israel views them as terrorists

Yesterday

Turkish foreign Minister Hakan Fidan speaks during a news conference with Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani, in Rome, Thursday, Sept. 11, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Turkish FM says sides are close to a Gaza ceasefire agreement

Yesterday

A woman places a candle at a tribute for Ofir Shoshani during a memorial marking two years since the deadly Hamas cross-border attack on Israel, in Kibbutz Kfar Aza, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

A divided Israel marks 2 years since Oct. 7 attack while war persists in Gaza and hostages languish

Yesterday

Oct. 7 Anniversary

Smoke rises following an Israeli army bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Gaza peace talks appear to gain momentum on the war’s anniversary

Fadwa al-Ghalban holds a cellphone showing a photo of her son, Mosaab, at her tent in Muwasi, along Gaza's southern coast, Oct. 3, 2025. She has had no word from him since July, when his cousins last saw him near their house as an Israeli strike destroyed it in the southern town of Maan. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Thousands in Gaza are missing 2 years into the war. Tormented families search for clues

FILE.- Faten Mreish holds her son's body at a hospital morgue in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Aug. 28, 2024, after he and others were killed in an Israeli bombardment. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana,File)

These numbers show how 2 years of war have devastated Palestinian lives in Gaza

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

Analysis: 2 years into the war in Gaza, there is still no clear way out

Protesters wave Palestinian flags as they shout slogans during a rally commemorating the second anniversary of the war in Gaza, outside the US Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Pro-Palestinian protests on the 2-year anniversary of Hamas’ attack on Israel

People visit the site of the Nova music festival, where hundreds of revelers were killed and abducted by Hamas and taken into Gaza, as Israel marks the second year anniversary of the attack, near Kibbutz Reim, southern Israel, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israelis honor victims 2 years after Hamas attack as talks resume, in photos

Anwar al-Heimouni, 29, smells the gloves of her 12-year-old son, Ayman al-Heimouni, who was killed by Israeli fire, in their home in the West Bank city of Hebron, March 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli fire in the West Bank killed their kids. Palestinian families want to know why

Dusk falls as children play at a temporary tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, in the central Gaza Strip, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

How American views on Israel and antisemitism have changed since Oct. 7

People watch a live Gaza broadcast of the release of three Israeli hostages during a gathering at "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Photos from 2 years of war between Israel and Hamas bear witness to its horrors

Eli Sharabi, who was abducted during the cross-border attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, and held hostage by Hamas for 16 months, poses with his new book "Hostage" for a photo in Herzliya, Israel, Thursday, September 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A former Gaza hostage’s memoir keeps the focus on those still held by Hamas

Al Jazeera journalist Wael Dahdouh holds the hand of his son, Hamza, who also worked for Al Jazeera and was killed in an Israeli airstrike, in Rafah, Gaza Strip, Jan. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Hatem Ali, File)

Journalists work in dire conditions to tell Gaza’s story, knowing that could make them targets

More coverage of the war

In this photo provided by Bryan Hecht, law enforcement detain a pro-Palestinian protester Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Boston. (Bryan Hecht/The Berkeley Beacon via AP)

Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested in Boston after clash with police

Yesterday

This image obtained from live stream footage from Gaza Sunbird vessel, one of the nine boats taking part in the Freedom Flotilla Coalition & Thousand Madleens to Gaza, shows Israeli forces approaching in boats, in Eastern Mediterranean sea, on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. (Freedom Flotilla Coalition via AP)

Israeli military intercepts another flotilla heading to Gaza and detains scores of activists

Yesterday

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with President Donald Trump after a news conference in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US has given at least $21.7 billion in military aid to Israel since war in Gaza began, report says

October 7

Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa arrives for a college of cardinals' meeting at the Vatican, April 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Holy Land’s top Catholic leader calls on Christians to help build bridges in the Gaza conflict

October 6

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

For many Palestinians in Gaza, anticipation, hope and skepticism over talks on a possible ceasefire

October 6

Locals view the damage outside the front entrance of the mosque in Peacehaven, following a suspected arson attack, in East Sussex, England, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (Jamie Lashmar/PA via AP)

UK prime minister condemns suspected arson attack on mosque in English coastal town

October 6

Photos of the Siman Tov family are plastered on their burnt house where all five of them were killed during the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, 2023, in Kibbutz Nir Oz, Israel, a day before Israel marks the two-year anniversary of the attack, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

The Latest: Israeli and Hamas officials discuss US peace plan for Gaza

October 6

A fire erupts amid buildings destroyed during Israeli ground and air operations, following an Israeli military strike in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel and Hamas launch indirect talks in Egypt on eve of Gaza war anniversary

October 7

Palestinian women bake bread in a clay oven, using plastic for fire, at a UN school used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians in Khan Younis, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel and Hamas prepare for negotiations in Egypt ahead of possible Gaza ceasefire

October 6

People march during a pro-Palestinian protest in Istanbul, Turkey, Sunday, Oct. 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)

Hundreds of thousands march across Europe in support of Palestinians

October 5

Israeli navy soldiers sail one of the Gaza-bound civilian flotilla Sumud's boats into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, after it was intercepted off the Gaza coast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Gaza flotilla activists allege mistreatment while being detained in Israel

October 5

Police remove a protester taking part in a demonstration organised by Defend our Juries, in support of Palestine Action in Trafalgar Square, London Saturday Oct. 4, 2025. (Maja Smiejkowska/PA via AP)

UK says it will restrict repeated protests after 500 arrests at pro-Palestinian vigil

October 5

People run for cover during an Israeli airstrike on a high-rise building in Gaza City, Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, after the Israeli army issued a warning. (AP Photo/Yousef Al Zanoun)

What to know as key talks to end the war in Gaza begin

October 7

This picture taken during a media tour organised by the Israeli army shows war-damaged and destroyed buildings in the vicinity of the Jordanian Field Hospital in Gaza City, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Jack Guez/Pool Photo via AP)

International journalists visit Gaza City under the supervision of Israel’s army

October 5

Pro-Palestinian demonstrators pass in front of Rome's Colosseum, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, during a march calling for an end to the war in Gaza. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

Marches in Rome, Barcelona and Madrid protest Israel’s military campaign in Gaza

October 4

Relatives and supporters of hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip calling for their immediate release and an end of the ongoing war, in front of the U.S. Embassy branch office in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Sept. 29, 2025, During the meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the White House. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

A look at the hostages taken to Gaza, by the numbers

October 4

Young Jewish men attend a vigil for the victims of the attack on at Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ian Hodgson)

Manchester’s Jewish community feels let down by Britain after deadly synagogue attack

October 3

Sacks of flour are unloaded from a truck as residents receive their monthly food supplies from the UN Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) at a warehouse at the Jebaliya refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip, on Thursday, April 13, 2006. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti, File)

Judge dismisses lawsuit claiming UN agency enabled Hamas’ deadly attack on Israel

October 3

This frame grab from video released by the Global Sumud Flotilla shows Israeli forces intercepting 'Marinette', the last boat from an international flotilla trying to break Israel's sea blockade, Friday, Oct. 3, 2025. (Global Sumud Flotilla via AP)

Israel intercepts the last boat from the Gaza flotilla as Israeli minister mocks the activists

October 3

Smoke rises to the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Dutch high court orders government to reevaluate license to export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel

October 3

Members of the Jewish community comfort each other near to the Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue, in Crumpsall, Manchester, England, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025 after Police reported that two people were killed and three others were seriously injured in a synagogue attack in northern England. (Peter Byrne/PA via AP)

One of 2 victims in Manchester synagogue attack apparently shot accidentally by police

October 3

Demonstrators and riot police face off during a protest commemorating the anniversary of the 1968 Tlatelolco killings, when soldiers fired on student protesters, in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Claudia Rosel)

Gaza crisis features in march remembering 1968 Mexican massacre

October 3

A Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla boat is escorted into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, after being intercepted while approaching the Gaza coast by Israeli navy soldiers. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israel intercepted a Gaza-bound flotilla carrying aid in international waters. Can it do that?

October 2

3 alleged Hamas members in pre-trial detention in Germany over suspected plot on Jewish institutions

October 2

Demonstrators gather at a memorial site honoring the victims of the 1985 Israeli attack on Palestine Liberation Organization's headquarters, in Hammam Chott outside Tunisia's capital, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Banner in Arabic reads "From the sea of Tunisia to the sea of Gaza". (AP Photo/Ons Abid)

Tunisians remember the Israeli strike that bound their fate with Palestinians 40 years ago

October 2

A displaced Palestinian boy looks at smoke rising into the sky following an Israeli military strike in Gaza City, as seen from the central Gaza Strip, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes kill dozens in Gaza as Hamas considers its response to Trump’s peace proposal

October 3

Activists in orange life jackets sit aboard a Gaza-bound Sumud flotilla boat as Israeli navy soldiers sail it into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 2, 2025, after it was intercepted while approaching the Gaza coast. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Israeli navy intercepts boats attempting to break Gaza blockade and arrests activists

October 3

3 alleged Hamas members arrested in Germany on suspicion of plotting attacks on Jewish institutions

October 1

Damage is seen after an Israeli strike targeted a compound that hosted Hamas' political leadership in Doha, Qatar, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Trump signs an executive order vowing to defend Qatar in the wake of Israel’s strike

October 2

A Palestinian man injured by Israeli artillery fire targeting a group of civilians fleeing from northern Gaza to the south is evacuated on a horse-drawn cart, in central Gaza, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Israel orders Palestinians to leave Gaza City, saying those who stay will be considered militants

October 2

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