Timeline of events for October 13, 2025:
06:30 a.m.: Highway 1 closes ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit.
08:00 a.m.: First round of hostage handovers between Hamas and the Red Cross.
09:20 a.m.: US President Donald Trump lands at Ben Gurion Airport. President Isaac Herzog, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sara Netanyahu will greet Trump upon his arrival.
10:00 a.m.: Second round of expected hostage handovers between Hamas and the Red Cross.
11 a.m. – Netanyahu will meet with Trump in his office at the Knesset.
12:15 a.m. – The Netanyahus and Trump will meet with the families of hostages at the Knesset.
13:00 p.m. - Netanyahu, Knesset speaker Amir Ohana, and Opposition leader MK Yair Lapid addressed the Knesset Plenary.
14:30 p.m. – Released hostages begin reuniting with their families.
16:00 p.m. - Herzog and the Netanyahus will accompany Trump to Ben Gurion and bid him farewell, as the US leader departs for the peace summit at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.
16:20 p.m. – Hamas publishes the names of the four slain hostages it will be returning to Israel on Monday evening.
16:55 p.m. – Hostage Families Forum releases a statement calling on Israel to suspend the agreement with Hamas until all deceased hostages are returned to Israel.
19:25 p.m. – Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey sign a document with US President Donald Trump on the Gaza ceasefire deal.