Hamas Ceasefire

Netanyahu vows to bring all hostages home as Trump announces Gaza deal

Israel, Hamas agreed on maps of the IDF’s withdrawal from Gaza • PM Netanyahu: With God's help, we will bring them all home

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Nitzan Alon shakes Qatari PM al-Thani's hand, reportedly after negotiations ended early Thursday morning.
Hostage families, activists protest at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, October 5, 2025.

Trump announces parties have reached a Gaza deal, hostages will be release in 72 hours

The deal is expected to be signed in Egypt on Thursday afternoon, sources in the Hamas terrorist organization told Lebanese outlet Al Mayadeen. 

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US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025

Trump tells Netanyahu he's 'always so f***ing negative' after Hamas replies to peace plan - Axios

“Bibi told Trump this is nothing to celebrate, and that it doesn't mean anything," Axios quoted an informed US official with knowledge of the call.

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A Palestinian Hamas militant helps fix the headband of another as they stand guard as people gather on the day of the handover of hostages, including four held in Gaza since the deadly October 7 2023 attack, to members of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) as part of a ceasefire and

IDF withdrawal, future raids in Gaza key to success of deal with Hamas - analysis

Israel needs to be asking itself the long-term question: What danger will Hamas still present to Israel over a more extended period of time?

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Hamas starts gathering hostage remains, denies agreeing to gradually disarm - report

The terror organization also reportedly requested, through Egyptian mediators, that the IDF cease airstrikes in the Gaza Strip so that it can complete the task. 

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages. Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.

'Full of traps': Hezbollah slams Trump's peace plan despite support for upcoming negotiations

Despite this, Hezbollah expressed its support and praised Hamas’s decision to participate in the ceasefire negotiations that will be taking place on Monday.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
Mourners attend the funeral of Haider al-Moussawi, head of the security unit in the Shi'ite armed group Kataib Sayyid al-Shuhada, and senior Hezbollah figure Abu Ali Khalil, who were killed in an Israeli airstrike on Tehran, amid the Iran-Israel conflict, in Baghdad, Iraq, June 22, 2025.

Greta Thunberg to be deported to Greece, Trump says Hamas faces 'obliteration' if it rejects deal

Hamas collecting hostage bodies • Detained flotilla participant accused of biting prison medical staff • Israeli, Diaspora communities commemorate Oct. 7 Massacre anniversary.

OCTOBER 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

'Ready for a lasting peace': Trump, world figures respond to Hamas announcement on hostage release

Hamas announced on Friday night that they would release all 48 hostages, but that the 72 hour US deadline is unrealistic.

OCTOBER 4, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
HAMAS TERRORISTS keep guard on the day Hamas handed over deceased hostages, in Khan Yunis, Feb. 20, 2025.

IDF intercepts missile from Yemen, IDF reveals Hamas tunnels by Jordanian hospital

US sends $230m. to aid Hezbollah disarmament • Israeli navy intercepts Sumud flotilla • PIJ says that Hamas response to Trump’s Gaza plan represents ‘stance of resistance'

OCTOBER 3, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A massive banner has been unfurled at Hostages Square during the two-year rally with a direct appeal to President Trump: “It’s Now or Never”

Hamas must step down to allow a new dawn for the Middle East - editorial

The plan unveiled by Trump and embraced by Jerusalem on Monday could indeed signify a new dawn for the Middle East, one of peace, prosperity, and security for all the peoples of the region.

OCTOBER 1, 2025ByJPOST EDITORIAL
US President Donald Trump seen with a Hamas terrorist (illustrative)

Let’s bring them home in three days - comment

Nothing about the ceasefire deal is perfect. No plan is, but perfection is not the choice before Israel.  

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByZVIKA KLEIN
Activists protest outside the US Embassy TLV Branch calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump to end the Israel-Hamas War and return all hostages, September 29, 2025.

WATCH: Netanyahu, Trump speak to press on hostage deal, Gaza ceasefire at White House

The meeting follows days of negotiations and public messaging from both sides on a 21-point plan that pairs a ceasefire and hostage release with a phased Israeli pullback in Gaza.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (not pictured) in the State Dining Room at the White House, in Washington, DC, US, September 29, 2025.

'All the talk about Hamas disappearing is disconnected from reality', says Hamas expert

Hamas plans to take over the Palestinian Authority within five to ten years, Hamas expert Eyal Ofer warned.

SEPTEMBER 29, 2025By103FM
Hamas members stand at the funeral of Marwan Issa, a senior Hamas deputy military commander who was killed in an Israeli airstrike during the conflict between Israel and Hamas, in the central Gaza Strip, February 7, 2025.

Netanyahu faces high-stakes choice as Trump presses Gaza war deal - analysis

After vowing at the UN to “finish the job,” Netanyahu meets Trump, who is pushing a sweeping plan to end the war, free hostages, and chart Gaza’s future, testing the Knesset coalition.

SEPTEMBER 28, 2025ByHERB KEINON
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 80th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, September 26, 2025

'Another painful heartbreak that grips an entire nation': Officials mourn four slain IDF soldiers

The soldiers were named as Major Omri Chai Ben Moshe, Lieutenant Ron Arieli, Lieutenant Eitan Avner Ben Itzhak, and Lieutenant Eran Shelem.

SEPTEMBER 19, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Family and friends of Israeli soldier Lieutenant Eitan Avner Ben Itzhak attend his funeral at the Mount Herzl Military Cemetery in Jerusalem on September 18, 2025. He was killed in combat in the Gaza Strip.