Gaza peace talks: Hamas hands over lists of names for swap deal
• Oct 7, 2025, 10:50 PM
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Hamas said Wednesday that ‘optimism’ was prevailing in indirect peace talks with Israel after the Palestinian militant group submitted a list of prisoners it wants released in exchange for freeing hostages taken during the October 7, 2023 attacks. The latest talks are based on a 20-point peace proposal outlined by US President Donald Trump last month. Read our liveblog to see how the day's events unfolded.
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Israel and Hamas agree to the 'first phase' of Trump's peace plan
• 10:45 AM
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Noga Tarnopolsky, our correspondant in Jerusalem, has more.
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Ceasefire in Gaza: Israel and Hamas will exchange hostages and prisoners
• 10:41 AM
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Fraser Jackson, our correspondant in Washington, has more.
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Iran releases French-German 19 year-old cyclist Lennart Monterlos
• 10:35 AM
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Iran has released a teenage French-German cyclist who disappeared in June while riding across the country, the French foreign minister said Wednesday.
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Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the 'first phase' of his peace plan
• 10:18 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war.
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Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of US-brokered ceaserfire
• 9:56 AM
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Andrew Hilliar gives us his analysis.
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War in Gaza: Hamas and Israel have agreed to a ceasefire and hostage deal
• 8:53 AM
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Israelis and Palestinians rejoiced on Thursday after a ceasefire and hostage deal were announced under the first phase of U.S. President Donald Trump's initiative to end the war in Gaza.
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Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the 'first phase' of his peace plan
• 8:49 AM
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U.S. President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners, in a major breakthrough in the two-year-old war.
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Prisoner-hostage swap, aid surge: What we know about the new Gaza deal
• 2:09 AM
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The first phase of the Gaza peace plan, which is set to be signed Thursday in Egypt, entails the release of 20 living Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity while Israel will release nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, most of whom were detained at the st
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How Donald Trump engineered the Gaza deal
• 1:11 AM
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Seeking an unlikely Nobel Peace Prize and keen to bolster his legacy, President Donald Trump shifted from giving Israel a "blank check" to putting on the thumbscrews. At a White House unveiling of a 20-point peace plan with Prime Minister Benjamin Netany
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