Has the world's most volatile region been transformed?
We may know the answer in short order.
President Trump's 20-point plan for a ceasefire in Gaza and a reconstruction campaign to follow is an effort to capitalize on the sweeping changes and enormous devastation in the wake of Hamas' Oct. 7 assault on Israel − now approaching its two-year anniversary.
A weakened Hamas on Oct. 3 agreed to the plan's release of hostages, part of the initiative unveiled in the White House with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu standing by the president's side. Not in the response from the armed Palestinian group were other provisions detailing Gaza's future, including some Hamas has long rejected.
But two years of tumult and change in the region may have opened new paths to peace, some analysts say.
