As a part of the deal’s first part, Hamas will free the captives, 20 of whom Israel believes are nonetheless alive, in alternate for practically 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
“According to the signed agreement, the prisoner exchange is set to begin on Monday morning as agreed,” Hamas official Osama Hamdan instructed AFP in an interview on Saturday (October 11).
Trump peace summit
Mr. Trump and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will then chair a summit of greater than 20 nations within the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on Monday afternoon, the Egyptian presidency introduced.
The assembly will intention “to end the war in the Gaza Strip, enhance efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East, and usher in a new era of regional security and stability”, it mentioned.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has mentioned he’ll attend, as has Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer, his counterparts from Italy and Spain, Giorgia Miloni and Pedro Sanchez, and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Displaced Palestinians experience on vans loaded with belongings and wave Egyptian and Palestinian flags as they journey alongside the coastal highway close to Wadi Gaza within the central Gaza Strip, shifting towards Gaza metropolis, Saturday, on Oct. 11, 2025, after Israel and Hamas agreed to a pause of their battle and the discharge of the remaining hostages. | Photo Credit: AP
Hamas on disarmament
There was no speedy phrase on whether or not Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will likely be there whereas Hamas mentioned it will not participate because it had “acted principally through… Qatari and Egyptian mediators” throughout talks, Hamas political bureau member Hossam Badran mentioned.
Despite the obvious breakthrough, mediators nonetheless have the tough activity of securing a longer-term political resolution that can see Hamas hand in weapons and step apart from governing Gaza.
Mr. Badran mentioned the second part of Trump’s plan “contains many complexities and difficulties” whereas one Hamas official, talking on situation of anonymity, mentioned disarming was “out of the question”.
Multinational drive
Under the Trump plan, as Israel conducts a phased withdrawal from Gaza’s cities, it will likely be changed by a multi-national drive from Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the United Arab Emirates, coordinated by a U.S.-led command centre in Israel.
On Saturday, U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) chief Admiral Brad Cooper, Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner visited Gaza, the place lots of of 1000’s of Palestinians have been once more on the transfer, returning to their devastated properties.
Mr. Witkoff, Mr. Kushner and Trump’s daughter Ivanka then went on to Tel Aviv to attend a gathering with the households of the remaining Israeli hostages held in Gaza, the place crowds shouted “Thank you Trump”.
Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is one among about 20 hostages believed to nonetheless be alive, mentioned: “We will continue to shout and fight until everyone is home.”
“We finally feel hope, but we cannot and will not stop now,” added Zairo Shachar Mohr Munder, whose uncle Abraham was kidnapped in the course of the Hamas assault and his physique recovered in August.
Hamas has till midday on Monday handy over 47 remaining hostages — residing and useless — from the 251 kidnapped within the assault two years in the past, which led to the deaths of 1,219 folks, most of them civilians.
The stays of another hostage, held in Gaza since 2014, are additionally anticipated to be returned.
In alternate, Israel will launch 250 prisoners, together with some serving life sentences for lethal anti-Israeli assaults, and 1,700 Gazans detained by the navy because the battle broke out.
The Israeli jail service mentioned Saturday it had moved the 250 nationwide safety detainees to 2 prisons forward of the handover.
Palestinians stroll previous rubble as they return to their neighborhood, following Israeli forces’ withdrawal from the world, amid a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, in Khan Younis, within the southern Gaza Strip on October 11, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters
Palestinians returning house
More than 500,000 Palestinians had returned to Gaza City by Saturday (October 11) night, based on Gaza’s civil defence company, a rescue service working below Hamas authority.
“We walked for hours, and every step was filled with fear and anxiety for my home,” Raja Salmi, 52, instructed AFP.
When she reached the Al-Rimal neighbourhood, she discovered her home completely destroyed.
“I stood before it and cried. All those memories are now just dust,” she mentioned.
Drone footage shot by AFP confirmed entire metropolis blocks lowered to a twisted mess of concrete and metal reinforcing wire.
The partitions and home windows of five-storey condo blocks had been torn off and now lay choking the roadsides as disconsolate residents poked by the rubble.
The UN’s humanitarian workplace says Israel has allowed businesses to begin transporting 170,000 tonnes of help into Gaza if the ceasefire holds.
Men, ladies and youngsters navigated streets full of rubble, trying to find properties amid collapsed concrete slabs, destroyed automobiles and particles.
Sami Musa, 28, returned alone to test on his household’s home.
“Thank God… I found that our home is still standing,” Mr. Musa instructed AFP.
“It felt like a ghost town, not Gaza,” Mr. Musa mentioned. “The smell of death still lingers in the air.”
Israel’s marketing campaign in Gaza has killed at the least 67,682 folks, based on the Health Ministry within the Hamas-run territory, figures the United Nations considers credible.
The knowledge doesn’t distinguish between civilians and combatants however signifies that greater than half of the useless are ladies and youngsters.
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