
10/10/2025
The Independent reports: Israel’s government has approved a Gaza peace plan for the release of all hostages from Hamas, in a move set to end the two-year-long conflict.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced the approval after both a security cabinet meeting and a government minister’s briefing.
It comes as a senior US administration official shared Donald Trump’s "vision” of Gaza’s future, which would have a local police force but would not be allowed “to do a military buildup. All the terror infrastructure is destroyed, and Gaza could be a functioning economy."
An Israeli government spokesperson said that a ceasefire on the war-torn strip would go into force within 24 hours of the government meeting.
At this point, the Israeli military will withdraw to a smaller area of Gaza, and the 72-hour time window for the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners will begin.
Trump announced at a cabinet meeting, “We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages, and they should be released on Monday or Tuesday. Getting them is a complicated process. I'd rather not tell you what they have to do to get them.”