Hostage Deal

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Businessman and former Senior Advisor to the President Doanld Trump Jared Kushner (L) and U.S. Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff chat on the tarmac on before First lady Melania Trump and U.S. President Donald Trump on July 13, 2025 in Teterboro, New Jersey.
Hostage families stage a mock ceremony for the Nobel Peace Prize with US President Donald Trump as recipient, September 2, 2025.

Hostage families call for Trump to receive Nobel Peace Prize over deal efforts

U.S. President Donald Trump reacts as he and Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney (not pictured) meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., October 7, 2025.

Trump to Hostage Families Forum: 'We will never forget October 7'

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump over a background of Hamas members.

Many details to be worked out on Trump Gaza plan, Qatari official says


'Let her be a kid': A girl's life two years on from Hamas captivity

Avigail was three years old when Hamas terrorists rampaged through her kibbutz Kfar Aza. Her parents were among the 1,200 people killed on that day.

 Abigail Idan, who was released after being taken hostage during the October 7 attack on Israel by the terrorist group Hamas, smiles on the lap of her aunt Liron at Schneider Children's Medical Center, November 27, 2023.

Trump shares pictures of Tel Aviv protests as negotiators hunker down on Gaza ceasefire talks

Trump cited the Tel Aviv hostage protests as evidence that Israeli want the war to end during his joint appearance with Netanyahu.

People gather to stage a protest demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel on Oct. 04, 2025.

Rubio says hostage deal 'closer than ever' but warns of major obstacles ahead

In an interview on ABC’s This Week, Rubio said the talks are structured in two stages.

 US Secretary of State Marco Rubio takes part in a media briefing during the 58th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers' meeting and related meetings at the Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025.

Who is Khalil al-Hayya, Hamas's chief negotiator at the forefront of Gaza peace talks? - explainer

Hayya, who lost a son in the current Gaza war and two sons in previous conflicts, has been based with other Hamas leaders in Doha.

 Hamas official Khalil Al-Hayya. (Illustrative)

Who are the four high-profile prisoners Hamas wants freed in the hostage talks? - explainer

Who are Marwan Barghouti, Ahmad Sa’adat, Ibrahim Hamed, and Abbas al-Sayed?

 MARWAN BARGHOUTI is brought into court by police for his judgment hearing in May 2004, at which he was convicted on five counts of murder in terrorist attacks.

As Gaza war hits two-year mark, former Israeli hostage recalls Hamas torment

Shoham spent 505 days in captivity in Gaza, a period he recalls for the cruelty of his Hamas captors and the resilience of fellow Israeli hostages still being held by the terrorists.

Tal Shoham, a former hostage who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, with his wife and two children as well as three other members of his family, and held in Gaza for 505 days, looks on during an interview in Kibbutz Beeri, southern Israel, September 15, 2025.

Mediators will know by 'end of the week' if Hamas will agree to hostage deal

“We’ll know very quickly - by the end of the week - whether Hamas is heading toward a deal or not,” an Israeli official said.

Head of the negotiations for hostages release Minister Ron Dermer speaks at the Jewish News Syndicate conference in Jerusalem, on April 28, 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.

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.

Trump peace plan will not be implemented until all hostages in Israel, Netanyahu tells Gvura Forum

Currently, there is no set deadline for the hostage release, although negotiations to finalize the plan are set to begin in Cairo on Monday.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Christian Conference in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2025

Former hostage Or Levy: After eight months, news of hostage deal made me 'feel alive'

‘I was surrounded by a crowd that wanted to lynch me,’ Levy reocunted in an emotional interview on 103FM.

 Released hostage Or Levy is reunite with his family, 08/02/2025.

Hamas 'committed' to reaching agreement to end Gaza war

The source also noted that the purpose of the Cairo negotiations is “to begin arranging conditions on the ground in preparation for the release of hostages and Palestinian prisoners.”

A Hamas terrorist shakes hands with a child as they stand guard as people gather on the day of the handover of hostages; illustrative.