Protesters hold a banner which reads “Stop genocide” during a protest to condemn the Israeli forces’ interception of the vessels of the Global Sumud Flotilla aiming to reach Gaza and break Israel’s naval blockade and for the release of the crews, and to protest against Israel’s operations in the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, at the Place de la Republique in Paris, France, October 2, 2025.
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Hamas said on Friday (October 3, 2025) it had agreed to release all Israeli hostages, alive or dead, under the terms of U.S. President Donald Trump's Gaza proposal, and signalled readiness to immediately enter mediated negotiations to discuss the details.Hamas reiterated its agreement to hand over the administration of the Gaza Strip to a Palestinian body of independent technocrats. Published - October 04, 2025 01:41 am IST
