12/10/2025 23:49
The Guardian
US president is due to arrive in Israel shortly after the expected release of 20 living Israeli hostages by Hamas. Follow the latest developments Thousands of Palestinians have continued to travel north towards the ruins of Gaza City amid the ceasefire as aid agencies worked to rush in more desperately needed aid to the territory.UN officials said real progress was being made on Sunday – the third day of the truce holding – with the aid being allowed into GazaIsrael expects all 20 living hostages to be released by Hamas on Monday at the same time. Shosh Bedrosian, a spokesperson for Benjamin Netanyahu, said: “Israel is prepared and is ready to immediately receive all of our hostages. The release of our hostages will begin early Monday morning.”Hamas is insisting seven Palestinian leaders should be freed in the hostage-prisoner swap, sources close to negotiators told Agence France-Presse.Leaders from more than 20 countries will attend a Gaza “peace summit” in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city Sharm el-Sheikh. The summit will finalise the agreement aimed at ending Israel’s war on Gaza.Trump departed late on Sunday to Jerusalem to speak at the Knesset – the Israeli parliament – roughly at the same time as the hostage-detainee swap is expected to happen, as well as meeting families of the hostages. He told reporters that “the war is over” in Gaza as he boarded Air Force One.After the hostages were freed, Israel was ready to release about 2,000 Palestinian detainees and receive the 28 hostages believed to be dead. US vice-president JD Vance told Fox News: “The reality is, some of the hostages we may never get back.”At least 67,806 Palestinian people have been killed and 170,066 others injured in Israeli attacks on Gaza since 7 October 2023, the Gaza health ministry said in a statement today. Most of the people killed have been civilians, many of whom were women and children.Aid agencies said that, in line with the terms in the ceasefire agreement, they were preparing to “flood” Gaza with food and other essential supplies. Dozens of aid trucks entered Gaza on Sunday amid hope for a surge in humanitarian relief.Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he hoped for a similar agreement to the Israel-Hamas ceasefire to put an end to the ongoing war between his own country and Russia.Thousands of Palestinians have continued to travel north towards the devastated Gaza City – the focus of Israeli attacks over the past two months – hopeful the ceasefire will bring an end to the war. Continue reading...
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