President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Israelis honour Trump as hostages set to return home two years after their capture
US President Donald Trump will receive a hero's welcome in Israel's parliament on Monday as a fragile Gaza ceasefire he helped to broker enters a fourth day, with the expected release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners marking tentative steps in a conflict long resistant to resolution.
Trump's Knesset speech follows two years of war sparked by a Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, that killed around 1,200 people in Israel with 251 taken hostage. Israeli airstrikes and ground assaults have since devastated Gaza, killing more than 67,000 Palestinians, the enclave's health officials say.
"The war is over," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One as he began his flight from Washington to Israel. Asked about prospects for the region, he said: "I think it's going to normalize."
The UN said humanitarian aid was ramping up, with cooking gas entering for the first time since March and expanded food and medical deliveries.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Hostage release to begin in Gaza at 8 am, Israeli media report
The release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza is expected to begin at 8 am (0500 GMT/10:30 IST) from the Netzarim corridor and continue at 10 am in Gaza's Khan Younis, Israeli media reported on Monday. (Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Updates: Hamas publishes names of 20 Israeli hostages to be released
Palestinian group Hamas published on Monday the names of the 20 Israeli hostages to be released under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel.
The names included Bar Abraham Kupershtein, Evyatar David, Yosef-Chaim Ohana, Segev Kalfon, Avinatan Or, Elkana Bohbot, Maxim Herkin, Nimrod Cohen, Matan Angrest, Matan Zangauker, Eitan Horn, Eitan Abraham Mor, Gali Berman, Ziv Berman, Omri Miran, Alon Ohel, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Rom Braslavski, Ariel Cunio and David Cunio.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Hamas media cell publishes names of palestinian prisoners to be freed
After publishing the names of 20 Israeli hostages to be released, the Hamas prisoners media office published the names of palestinian prisoners to be freed.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: IDF says Red Cross on its way to hostage exchange meeting point
Israeli military said Red Cross is on its way to a meeting point in northern gaza strip where several hostages will be transferred into their custody.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Red Cross arrives at hostage release location
Israeli media said Red Cross arrived at the hostage release location in Gaza.
Red Cross said it's started 'a multi-phase operation' to oversee hostage and prisoner releases as part of Gaza ceasefire - AP reporter Jon Gambrell wrote in a post on X.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: First seven hostages freed
Palestinian militant group Hamas handed over seven Israeli hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza on Monday, an official involved in the operation said, under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel, which was set to release hundreds of Palestinians from its jails in exchange.
The ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, the biggest step yet toward ending two years of war, aims to pave the way for a lasting peace under a 20-point plan by US President Donald Trump, who was due to land in Israel soon after the release.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Seven living hostages transfered to Red Cross on their way to the Israeli forces
Israeli military says seven hostages have been transfered to Red Cross, and they are on their way to the Israeli forces.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: 250 Palestinians serving life sentences in Israeli prisons expected to be released
250 Palestinians who had been serving life sentences in Israeli prisons are expected to be released to West Bank, Jerusalem and abroad on Monday.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli hostages handed over to Israeli military
Israeli hostages handed over by Red Cross to Israeli military, military source says.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Seven released hostages have crossed Israeli borders
Israeli military says 7 hostages released by Hamas have crossed into Israeli borders.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump landing in Israel as hostages released
US President Donald Trump arrived in Israel to address parliament, before he is scheduled to travel to Egypt's Sharm el-Sheikh for a world leaders' summit on ending the Gaza war.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli hostages are on their way to reunite with families
The released hostages, Eitan Mor, Alon Ohel, Ziv Berman, Gali Berman, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Omri Miran and Matan Angrest, are currently on their way to the initial reception point in southern Israel, where they will reunite with their families.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli military says Red Cross to receive more hostages
Israeli military says Red Cross on its way to another meeting point in Gaza to receive more hostages.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: EU to resume Rafah border control mission
The European Union will resume its monitoring mission at the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Monday.
"Securing peace in Gaza will be extraordinarily complex," Kallas said in a post on X.
"The EU stands ready to do its part. On Wednesday, it will restart a civilian mission to monitor the border crossing between Gaza and Egypt."
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: All 20 hostages freed as Donald Trump claims 'war is over'
13 living Israeli hostages were transfered from Hamas Armed Wing to ICRC custody in second release on Monday. With this, all 20 Israeli hostages have been freed.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump says Hamas will disarm
US President Donald Trump said Hamas would comply with a plan to disarm, as he arrived at Israel's parliament to deliver an address on Monday.
Speaking to reporters before beginning his speech, Trump replied "yes" when asked whether the war was over.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump suggests Hamas has approval for internal security operations in Gaza
US President Donald Trump suggested Hamas had been given a greenlight for internal security operations it is conducting in the Gaza Strip, saying the group wants "to stop the problems" and "we gave them approval for a period of time".
The Palestinian militant group, which must disarm and end its rule of Gaza under Trump's proposal for ending the war, has deployed internal security forces in parts of the Gaza Strip since a ceasefire came into effect on Friday, saying it aims to stop lawlessness and looting and prevent a security vacuum.
Asked by a journalist aboard Air Force One about reports that Hamas was instituting itself as a police force and shooting rivals, Trump said "they do want to stop the problems, and they've been open about it, and we gave them approval for a period of time".
"You have close to 2 million people going back to buildings that have been demolished, and a lot of bad things can happen. So we want it to be - we want it to be safe. I think it's going to be fine. Who knows for sure," Trump said.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: 13 hostages released by Hamas received by Israeli military
Israeli military says it received the remaining 13 hostages released by Hamas.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israeli military received all 20 living hostages released by Hamas
Israeli military said it had received all 20 living hostages released by Palestinian militant group Hamas from Gaza on Monday, under the first phase of a ceasefire agreement with Israel which was set to release hundreds of Palestinians from its jails in exchange.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Russia's Foreign Minister says Trump's plan is 'too vague' on Palestinian statehood
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday that US President Donald Trump's plan to settle the Israeli-Palestinian conflict only addresses the Gaza Strip, while it is "too vague" on Palestinian statehood.
Trump's plan should specify what will happen with the West Bank, Lavrov said.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israel to deport 154 released Palestinian detainees, official says
Israel will deport 154 released Palestinian detainees outside Israel and the Palestinian territories, an official told.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: First of 38 buses carrying released Palestinians cross into Gaza
First of 38 buses carrying released Palestinian detainees cross into Gaza.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Netanyahu expected to attend Gaza war summit in Egypt
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is expected to attend Monday's summit on ending the Gaza war in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, Israeli public broadcaster Kan reported.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: First bus carrying Palestinians prisoners arrives to Gaza
First of 38 buses carrying Palestinians prisoners arrives to Gaza.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Hamas security forces kill 32 members of Gaza 'gang'
Hamas forces have killed 32 members of "a gang" in Gaza City in a security campaign launched after a ceasefire came into effect on Friday, while six of its personnel were also killed in the violence, a Palestinian security source said on Monday.
The official said the security operation in Gaza City had targeted members of a "dangerous gang affiliated with a family in Gaza City". The operation had led to the arrest of 24 people and 30 others being wounded, the official said.
(Reuters)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Historic dawn of a new Middle East, says Trump as hostages return home
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Against all odds, we have done the impossible, and brought our hostages home, says Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: America joins you in those two everlasting vows -- never forget, and never again, says Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Israel has won all that can be won by force of arms, says Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: The total focus of Gazans must be on restoring the fundamentals of stability, safety, dignity and economic development, Trump says in excerpts from his speech to be delivered in Israeli Parliament
US President Donald Trump
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump gets standing ovation at Israel's Knesset
President Donald Trump arrives with Speaker Amir Ohana and Israel's President Isaac Herzog to speak to the Knesset, Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Netanyahu says he will be unable to attend Gaza summit in Egypt
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Netanyahu thanks Trump for helping in release of Israeli hostages as lawmakers cheer
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with President Donald J. Trump at the Knesset in Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Netanyahu says Trump 'greatest friend' Israel ever had in the White House
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described US President Donald Trump on Monday as the "greatest friend" Israel has ever had in the White House.
"Donald Trump is the greatest friend that the state of Israel has ever had in the White House. No American president has ever done more for Israel," Netanyahu said in parliament ahead of Trump's address to lawmakers. (AFP)
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Peace will come faster than people think with Trump leadership, says Netanyahu
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates: Trump heckled by left-wing Israeli Knesset member during speech
A member of the Knesset being removed from the chamber after holding up a sign in protest on Oct. 13, 2025, in Jerusalem.
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Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | At last not only for Israelis but also Palestinians, the long nightmare is finally over: Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | My personality is actually all about stopping wars: Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | If Iran had nuclear weapon, Aran nations would not be comfortable making the deal we have now: Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | I want to thank Arabs and Muslim countries for supporting safe rebuilding of Gaza: Trump
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Trump urges Israel's President to pardon Netanyahu
US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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Donald Trump urged Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is on trial for corruption, during an address to the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem.
During a more than one-hour speech, Trump said:
"Hey, I have an idea. Mr. President, why don't you give him a pardon? Cigars and some champagne — who the hell cares?" referring to the fraud, bribery and breach of trust charges, which Netanyahu denies.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Israel's defence minister says Hamas' announcement about handing over four hostages bodies is 'failure to meet commitments'
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Trump arrives in Egypt for summit on Gaza's future after visiting Israel to celebrate ceasefire deal with Hamas, reports AP
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Hamas hands over remains of two deceased hostages to ICRC in Gaza
Hamas has handed over the remains of two deceased hostages to the International Committee of the Red Cross in Gaza, an official involved in the operation said on Monday.
Hamas's armed wing earlier said it would hand over the bodies of four hostages.
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Trump says Egypt's Sisi had 'very important role' in talks with Hamas
Israel-Hamas Ceasefire LIVE Updates | Israel frees 1,968 inmates as part of Gaza ceasefire deal, reports AFP
Mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey sign with Trump document on Gaza ceasefire deal
Mediators Egypt, Qatar and Turkey signed on Monday with U.S. President Donald Trump a document on the Gaza ceasefire deal.
The document was signed during the international summit hosted by Egypt in the Red Sea resort of Sharm El-Sheikh on the deal. (Reuters)