This Live Blog Has Ended. IDF Welcomes Gaza Deal, Says Chief 'Instructed All Forces to Prepare Defenses, Be Ready for Any Scenario'. Trump: Hostages Will Be Released 'Probably Monday, Will Include Bodies of the Dead'

From the Outset, the Deal Was Asymmetrical: Hamas Must Take Irreversible Action by Releasing Hostages, While Israel's Pledge to End the War Remains Only a Promise

This Live Blog Has Ended. IDF Welcomes Gaza Deal, Says Chief 'Instructed All Forces to Prepare Defenses, Be Ready for Any Scenario'. Trump: Hostages Will Be Released 'Probably…

The US President also noted that the bodies of deceased hostages would be returned

WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said he believes all the hostages held in Gaza, including the bodies of those deceased, will be “coming back” Monday after Israel and Hamas…

Netanyahu Will Convene the Government on Thursday to Approve the Agreement Hamas Called on the International Community to Ensure That Israel Fully Implements the Deal Hostage…

All living Israeli hostages have returned home and a ceasefire is in place. What happens next in Gaza?

Leaders and groups around the world celebrate negotiators signing off on first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement.

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"I can't quite believe this is actually happening, we've been waiting for so long," said Gil Dickman, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat.

Donald Trump announces all hostages will be released ‘very soon’ and Israel will withdraw troops to an agreed timeline

Hamas will release all Israeli captives as part of Trump’s deal. Here, we profile the survivors and those whose bodies will be returned

There are cautious hopes that two years of bloodshed in Gaza could finally be brought to an end, and the Israeli hostages freed

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Benjamin Netanyahu praised Donald Trump and the Israeli military after Israel’s cabinet met on Thursday (9 October) and confirmed it had approved a hostage release plan around…

US President Donald Trump says Israeli captives held in Gaza will be released on Monday.