WHEN THEY SAY PEACE, THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION.IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY WHEN A DEATH CULT IS INVOLVED IN A PEACE DEAL

WHEN THEY SAY PEACE,  THEN SUDDEN DESTRUCTION.IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY WHEN A DEATH CULT IS INVOLVED IN A PEACE DEAL

And here are the bounderies of the land that Israel will inherit either through war or peace or God in the future. God says its Israels land and only Israels land. They will have every inch God promised them of this land in the future.
Egypt east of the Nile River, Saudi Arabia, Israel, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, The southern part of Turkey and the Western Half of Iraq west of the Euphrates. Gen 13:14-15, Psm 105:9,11, Gen 15:18, Exe 23:31, Num 34:1-12, Josh 1:4.ALL THIS LAND ISRAEL WILL DEFINATELY OWN IN THE FUTURE, ITS ISRAELS NOT ISHMAELS LAND.12 TRIBES INHERIT LAND IN THE FUTURE.

Joel 3:2-King James Version (YOU DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF - YOUR POKING GOD IN THE EYE - GOD SAYS AN EYE FOR AN EYE AND A TOOTH FOR A TOOTH- YOU WANNA DIVIDE JERUSALEM IN HALF -  HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION 4 BILLION DIE ON EARTH.
2 I will also gather all nations, and will bring them down into the valley of Jehoshaphat, and will plead with them there for my people and for my heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations, and parted my land.

HALF OF EARTHS POPULATION DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION.(THESE VERSES ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)

LUKE 17:34-37 (8 TOTAL BILLION - 4 BILLION DEAD IN TRIB = 4 BILLION TO JESUS KINGDOM) (HALF DIE DURING THE 7 YR TRIBULATION PERIOD JUST LIKE THE BIBLE SAYS)(GOD DOES NOT LIE)(AND NOTICE MOST DIE IN WAR AND DISEASES-NOT COMETS-ASTEROIDS-QUAKES OR TSUNAMIS)
34 I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other shall be left.(half earths population 4 billion die in the 7 yr trib)
35 Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
36 Two men shall be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
37 And they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them, Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered together.(Christians have new bodies,this is the people against Jerusalem during the 7 yr treaty)(Christians bodies are not being eaten by the birds).THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES.BECAUSE NOT HALF OF PEOPLE ON EARTH ARE CHRISTIANS.AND THE CONTEXT IN LUKE 17 IS THE 7 YEAR TRIBULATION OR 7 YR TREATY PERIOD.WHICH IS JUDGEMENT ON THE EARTH.NOT 50% RAPTURED TO HEAVEN.

MATTHEW 24:37-42 (THESE ARE JUDGEMENT SCRIPTURES-SURE NOT RAPTURE SCRIPTURES)
37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,(IN WW3 JUDGEMENT) and the other left.
42 Watch therefore:(FOR THE LAST DAYS SIGNS HAPPENING) for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

Now the scriptures that a week in Israel history is 7YEARS.

Heres the scripture 1 week = 7 yrs Genesis 29:27-29
27 Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
28 And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also.
29 And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.

Isn"t this interesting it comes from the same Person whos name was changed to Israel,(JACOB) and Israel and Jerusalem is the places dealt with in Daniel 9:24-27.

GENESIS 32:27-28
27 And he said unto him, What is thy name? And he said, Jacob.
28 And he said, Thy name shall be called no more Jacob, but Israel: for as a prince hast thou power with God and with men, and hast prevailed.

DANIEL 9:26-27
26 And after threescore and two weeks(62X7=434 YEARS+7X7=49 YEARS=TOTAL OF 69 WEEKS OR 483 YRS) shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary;(ROMAN LEADERS DESTROYED THE 2ND TEMPLE) and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.(THERE HAS TO BE 70 WEEKS OR 490 YRS TO FUFILL THE VISION AND PROPHECY OF DAN 9:24).(THE NEXT VERSE IS THAT 7 YR WEEK OR (70TH FINAL WEEK).
27 And he ( THE ROMAN,EU PRESIDENT) shall confirm the covenant (PEACE TREATY) with many for one week:(1X7=7 YEARS) and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease,(3 1/2 yrs in TEMPLE ANIMAL SACRIFICES STOPPED) and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.

ISAIAH 28:14-19 (THIS IS THE 7 YR TREATY COVENANT OF DANIEL 9:27)
14 Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.
15 Because ye have said, We have made a covenant with death, and with hell are we at agreement; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, it shall not come unto us: for we have made lies our refuge, and under falsehood have we hid ourselves:
16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
17 Judgment also will I lay to the line, and righteousness to the plummet: and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
18 And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand; when the overflowing scourge shall pass through, then ye shall be trodden down by it.
19 From the time that it goeth forth it shall take you: for morning by morning shall it pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.

JEREMIAH 6:14
14 They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

JEREMIAH 8:11
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

 1 THESSALONIANS 5:3
3 For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape.

ISAIAH 33:8
8  The highways lie waste, the wayfaring man ceaseth: he hath broken the covenant,(7 YR TREATY) he hath despised the cities, he regardeth no man.(THE WORLD LEADER-WAR MONGER CALLS HIMSELF GOD)

EVERYBODY IS SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS SO CALLED PEACE PLAN.WITH ALL THE HOSTAGES BEING SO CALLED RELEASED MONDAY OCT 13TH BY HAMAS.I WILL BELIEVE IT WHEN I SEE IT MONDAY. WITH A DEATH CULT TERRORIST GROUP LIKE HAMAS. YOU CAN'T TRUST THEM AS FAR AS YOU CAN SPIT. SO HAMAS BETTER KEEP THEIR PROMISE.OR ISRAEL WILL JUST ANNILATE THEM BUT FAST I HOPE. ITS CALLED NUKES NOT JUST BOMBS.

Macron: 'Deal must mark war's end, start of political solution'World leaders praise Trump, mediators for Gaza agreement, express hope for peace-UK’s Starmer voices ‘profound relief’; UN backs deal, will push for full implementation; Canada: ‘Peace finally feels attainable’; Italy willing to send forces for peacekeeping mission-By Agencies and ToI Staff Today, 10:10 am-OCT 9,25

World leaders on Thursday expressed hope for peace and urged Israel and Hamas to fulfil their commitments in the hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the parties had agreed to the “first phase” of a deal, signaling a major breakthrough in the two-year war in Gaza.“This means that ALL of the Hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their Troops to an agreed-upon line as the first steps toward a Strong, Durable, and Everlasting Peace,” Trump wrote on social media.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement from his office: “A great day for Israel. [On Thursday] I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.”Reactions quickly poured in from around the world.“The United Nations will support the full implementation of the agreement and will scale up the delivery of sustained and principled humanitarian relief, and we will advance recovery and reconstruction efforts in Gaza,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement.The UN chief urged all parties “to seize this momentous opportunity to establish a credible political path forward towards ending the occupation, recognizing the right to self-determination of the Palestinian people, and achieving a two-state solution that enables Israelis and Palestinians to live in peace and security,” he said.Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said he hoped that the deal “would be a prelude to reaching a permanent political solution,” leading to the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.China’s foreign ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said Beijing hoped for a “permanent and comprehensive” ceasefire in Gaza as soon as possible, adding: “China advocates adhering to the principle that ‘Palestinians should govern Palestine’.”German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said that Berlin is still observing the situation regarding the deal, but is confident a solution will be found this week.“We are encouraged by the developments in Israel. There is obviously a great chance of reaching an agreement with Hamas in the next few hours,” Merz said after a meeting with senior members of his governing coalition.French President Emmanuel Macron said that he welcomed the agreement, adding that France will continue to hold talks with international partners to seek a political solution to the war.“This agreement must mark the end of the war and the beginning of a political solution based on the two-state solution,” Macron said in posts on social media platform X.“France stands ready to contribute to this goal. We will discuss it this afternoon in Paris with our international partners,” he added.British Prime Minister Keir Starmer expressed “profound relief” at the news, saying: “I welcome the news that a deal has been reached on the first stage of President Trump’s peace plan for Gaza.”“This is a moment of profound relief that will be felt all around the world, but particularly for the hostages, their families, and for the civilian population of Gaza, who have all endured unimaginable suffering over the last two years,” he said in a statement.“This agreement must now be implemented in full, without delay, and accompanied by the immediate lifting of all restrictions on life-saving humanitarian aid to Gaza,” Starmer added.“We call on all parties to meet the commitments they have made, to end the war, and to build the foundations for a just and lasting end to the conflict and a sustainable path to a long-term peace,” he said.Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, one of Europe’s most vocal critics of Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza, said the civilian population should now be supported and “the atrocities experienced… never repeated.”Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney posted on social media: “I am relieved that the hostages will soon be reunited with their families.”“After years of intense suffering, peace finally feels attainable,” he said. “Canada calls on all parties to swiftly implement all agreed terms and to work towards a just and lasting peace.”Carney, like several other leaders, praised Qatar, Egypt and Turkey for their role in the negotiations.Australia reacted similarly, saying it “welcomes President Trump’s announcement that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the first phase of the plan to bring peace to Gaza.”“After more than two years of conflict, hostages held, and a devastating loss of civilian life, this is a much-needed step towards peace. Australia has consistently been part of international calls for a ceasefire, return of the hostages, and the unimpeded flow of aid to Gaza,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a joint statement with Foreign Minister Penny Wong. “We urge all parties to respect the terms of the plan.”“Australia strongly supports the plan’s commitment to denying Hamas any role in the future governance of Gaza,” it continued. “There is a very long road to recovery in Gaza, securing long-term peace and building the Palestinian state. Together with our partners, Australia will continue to do what we can to contribute to a just and enduring two-state solution.”Italy also said it welcomed the agreement, and said the country is ready to send troops if peacekeeping forces are needed.“The peace is near,” Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said Thursday on X. “Italy, which has always supported the US plan, is ready to do its part to consolidate the ceasefire, deliver new humanitarian aid, and participate in the reconstruction of Gaza. We are also ready to send troops if an international peacekeeping force is created to reunify Palestine.”The European Union called the agreement “a significant breakthrough, and a real chance to end the war and release all the hostages,” the bloc’s foreign affairs chief Kaja Kallas said, calling it “a major diplomatic accomplishment.”“The EU will do what it can to support its implementation,” Kallas added.Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed satisfaction and thanked Trump’s efforts to end the war.“I am greatly pleased that the Hamas-Israel talks… have resulted in a ceasefire in Gaza. I especially thank US President, Mr. Trump, who demonstrated the necessary political will to encourage the Israeli government toward the ceasefire,” Erdogan said on his official X account.Argentine President Javier Milei, a close ally of Trump and Netanyahu, reacted by saying he “will sign the candidacy of Donald J. Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to international peace.”“Any other leader with similar achievements would have received it a long time ago,” the libertarian leader wrote on X.Malaysia’s Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said in a statement that “this development offers a semblance of hope after months of unbearable suffering and devastation.”He urged all parties to seize the opportunity to move toward a comprehensive and enduring peace.Japan “welcomes that the agreement on the ‘first phase’ has been reached among the involved parties,” Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.“This agreement is an important step toward de-escalating the situation and achieving the two-state solution,” he said.He also praised the US, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey and other mediating countries for their “relentless effort” and sought “sincere and steady implementation” by all involved parties.Hayashi promised Tokyo’s support and contribution to improving Gaza’s humanitarian conditions and reconstruction.New Zealand’s Foreign Minister Winston Peters said: “Over the past two years, both Israelis and Palestinians have suffered immensely. Today is a positive first step in bringing that suffering to an end.”Peters urged Hamas and Israel to fulfil their parts of the deal.“This is an essential first step towards achieving lasting peace,” Peters said. “We urge Israel and Hamas to continue working towards a complete resolution.”Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, called the announcement of a deal “good news, and we are very happy.”“It is a first step, the first phase,” he cautioned in a statement. “Of course, there are many others, and surely there will be other obstacles. But now we have to rejoice about this important step that will bring a little more trust for the future and also bring new hope, especially to the people, both Israeli and Palestinians.”He noted that life in Gaza “will remain terrible for a long time,” but there is finally “something new and different.”“Now we are happy and we hope that this is just the beginning of a new phase where we can, little by little, start thinking not about war, but about how to rebuild after the war,” said Pizzaballa.Lazar Berman contributed to this report.

Hostages will 'probably be released on Monday'Trump, after securing deal: ‘This is more than Gaza. This is peace in the Middle East’US president praises his administration’s efforts to reach ‘incredible’ Israel-Hamas deal, says he told Netanyahu Israel is loved again: ‘You cannot fight the world’ By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff Today, 9:37 am-OCT 9,25

After announcing a deal between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas to end the war in Gaza after two years and free all the hostages, US President Donald Trump hailed the development as going beyond just the Strip and heralding “peace in the Middle East.”In an interview with “Hannity” on Fox News on Wednesday night, Trump recounted his phone call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after announcing the deal.“I spoke to Bibi Netanyahu just a little while ago,” Trump said. “He called. He said, ‘I can’t believe it. Everybody is liking me now,’ meaning him. I said, ‘More importantly, they are loving Israel again,’ and they really are. I said, ‘Israel cannot fight the world, Bibi, they cannot fight the world.’ And he understands that very well. So it’s amazing the way it’s all come together.”The American leader touted the “tremendous help” from members of his administration in getting the deal over the finish line, “with everybody from Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner and Marco [Rubio], and we had everybody. JD [Vance], the whole, the whole group was just amazing. And the military was, as you know, very instrumental in getting this done. We have a great military with great leadership.”“It’s a lot of talent involved, I’ll tell you. But there was a certain degree of luck too. You know, you need luck also. There is such a thing as luck,” he added.“The whole world came together, to be honest, so many countries that you wouldn’t have even thought of it, and they came together. The world has come together around this deal, and that’s something I would say that without it, that wouldn’t happen,” he adds. “So many countries that you wouldn’t have thought of have wired their best wishes and their commitment to do whatever is necessary. The countries surrounding have all signed, I mean, they’re all signed up, and it’s been, it’s been really an amazing period of time.”Trump also claimed that “this is more than Gaza. This is peace in the Middle East, an incredible thing.”He added that there was a “set of circumstances” that allowed the deal to happen, including Israel’s and the US’s strikes in Iran in June that targeted the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program.The June war started with Israel’s June 13 opening strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, missile production sites and military leadership. Iran responded with drone launches and deadly ballistic missile strikes that wreaked havoc in Israeli cities and killed 29 people, almost all of them civilians. The war ended on June 24, two days after the US struck three key Iranian nuclear sites.“Iran was about one month, maybe two months, away from having a nuclear weapon, and if I allowed that to happen, this deal would not have been possible,” he said. “Or if it was, it would have a tremendous cloud over it, because you’d have a country with a nuclear weapon that was not obviously very friendly.”Lauding the alleged fact that the deal doesn’t have “a very dark cloud over it,” Trump said he believed “Iran is going to be, actually, a part of the whole peace situation” because “countries that frankly didn’t get along, they’re all involved, and it’s brought the whole world together.”Iran’s leaders, like Hamas, are sworn to Israel’s destruction, and while the Islamic Republic claims its nuclear program has only civilian applications, it has enriched uranium to a level beyond what is needed for civilian use, and a short step away from weapons-grade, as it regularly threatens to annihilate Israel.Trump announced the signing of the deal on Truth Social on Wednesday night after days of negotiations in Egypt. In his interview with Fox, the US president said the 48 hostages still held captive in Gaza would “probably be released on Monday.”“They [the hostages] are in a terrible situation there. They are deep, deep in the earth,” Trump said, referring to the Hamas tunnels under Gaza. “As we speak, so much is happening to get the hostages freed.”“We think they will all be coming back on Monday… and that will include the bodies of the dead,” he added.Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 48 hostages, including 47 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023. They include the bodies of at least 26 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said. Among the bodies held by Hamas is an IDF soldier killed in Gaza in 2014.Hamas released 30 hostages — 20 Israeli civilians, five soldiers, and five Thai nationals — and the bodies of eight slain Israeli captives during a ceasefire between January and March 2024, and one additional hostage, a dual American-Israeli citizen, in May 2024 as a “gesture” to the United States. The terror group freed 105 civilians during a weeklong truce in late November 2023, and four hostages were released before that in the early weeks of the war. In exchange, Israel has freed some 2,000 jailed Palestinian terrorists, security prisoners, and Gazan terror suspects detained during the war.Eight hostages have been rescued from captivity by troops alive, and the bodies of 51 have also been recovered, including three mistakenly killed by the Israeli military as they tried to escape their captors, along with the body of a soldier who was killed in 2014.Reuters contributed to this report.

Families Forum seeks Trump meeting if he comes to Israel-Ex-captives and hostage families respond with tears, relief to news of upcoming release-Relatives of captives react jubilantly to US president’s announcement of deal to free all the hostages from Hamas captivity: ‘Have been waiting more than two years for this moment”By ToI Staff Today, 6:26 am-OCT 9,25

The announcement by US President Donald Trump that Israel and Hamas agreed to the first phase of a deal that will see the immediate release of the remaining living hostages held in Gaza set off a flood of emotion earlier Thursday morning among freed captives and families, who have waited two years for their loved ones’ return.Some of the families and former captives gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where mass weekly rallies have been held to call for the hostages’ return, as they cheered the news and chanted “Nobel Prize to Trump” while vowing to continue demonstrating until the slain hostages in the Gaza Strip are brought back to Israel.A forum representing most families of hostages thanked Trump and invited him to meet them or deliver public remarks at Hostages Square during his expected trip to the Middle East.“Thank God, it finally happened! I can’t believe it. Avia and Guy [Evyatar David and Guy Gilboa Dalal, who were held with him in captivity], I’m waiting for you,” former hostage Omer Wenkert wrote on Instagram.Another freed hostage, Eliya Cohen, posted: “Tell me, is there anyone in this country who can actually breathe?” Fellow survivors Emily Damari and Romi Gonen also celebrated the announcement with photos of visible relief and joy.Silvia Cunio, mother of hostages David and Ariel, spoke through tears after Trump’s address: “I dream of the hugs, the kisses. Of David hugging Sharon, Emma, and Yuli; of Ariel hugging Arbel. I thank everyone for the warm embrace these past two years — it gave me the strength to keep going.”Sharon Cunio, the wife of David, posted a photo of the couple with their two girls, writing: “Emma and Yulie, dad is coming home.”Danny Miran, father of hostage Omri Miran, said he was “smiling from ear to ear, but with tears of joy.” He added, “My two eldest granddaughters came over, and we danced together in the hallway. I’ve been waiting more than two years for this moment.”Viki Cohen, mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen, wrote on X: “My child, you’re coming home!”Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, shared an emotional message on social media, saying, “I have prayed for these tears.”“Matan is coming home to me, to [his sisters] Natalie and Shani, and to [his partner] Ilana, the love of his life,” wrote Zangauker, who has been among the most vociferous critics of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s handling of the hostage crisis and war.Liran Berman, whose twin brothers Gali and Ziv are still in Gaza, wrote: “My Gali and Zivi, I love you so much. You’re coming back home.”Their aunt, Maccabit Meir, told Channel 12 news that “there is no happiness like this.”She said, “So many people are so happy” to hear the news that the hostages are to be released. “I can’t tell you how many messages I’m getting,” she said.“It’s happening, it’s happening,” she repeated. “We were so afraid, and now I’m crying tears of happiness, not tears of fear,” she said.Merav Gilboa-Dalal, mother of hostage Guy, said, “The main thing is that my son should come back healthy and on his own two feet.”“That’s what I wish for all of us,” she said.“And the experiences that they will have afterward will be amazing. Because we got him back again, a gift — one of the most amazing children in the world. A dream. A gift.”“Finally, this saga, of the war, the injured, the dead, this pain of our heroic soldiers who gave their souls for us [is coming to an end], and the hostages, the victory, that they are all coming home,” she continued. “And I hope the slain hostages will all return at the same time, and that we can close this circle.”Hamas-held hostage Guy Gilboa-Dalal speaks in a video released by the terror group on September 5, 2025.The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said the families greeted the news of the captives’ upcoming release “with excitement, anticipation and apprehension.”“This is an important and significant step toward bringing everyone home,” the forum said, “but our struggle is not over — and will not be over — until the last hostage returns.”The statement urged the Israeli government “to convene immediately and approve the agreement,” warning that “any delay could come at a heavy price for the hostages and for the soldiers.”“We are confident,” the families continued, “that the prime minister will secure an absolute majority for the implementation of the agreement reached.”The forum concluded with a message that has become both a plea and a promise: “We will not rest and we will not stop until the last hostage returns. We will bring them home. We will rise again.”Later, the Forum released an open letter thanking Trump for pushing the agreement and requesting a meeting during his likely upcoming trip to the region.“You have given us back what we thought we had lost forever,” it wrote. “You kept your promise, and for that our families will be forever grateful.”The families suggested Trump could deliver a public address at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, the locus of their activist movement, or could meet them privately, or any gathering that fits your schedule.”“We would be deeply honored if you would meet with us during your upcoming visit to Israel. The wives, children, parents, and siblings whose lives you changed wish to thank you in person,” the families wrote. “We simply need the opportunity to look you in the eye and express what words alone cannot fully convey: that you gave us back our families, and with them, our hope.”Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 48 hostages, including 47 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023. They include the bodies of at least 26 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said. Among the bodies held by Hamas is an IDF soldier killed in Gaza in 2014.‘Children shall return to their own borders’In Washington, a group of hostage families meeting with US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick thanked Trump in a phone call for helping broker the deal.“Mr. President, we believe in you, we know you’ve done so much for us… and we trust you will fulfill the mission until every hostage, every 48 of the hostages, is home,” one of the relatives said over speakerphone.Another added: “God bless you, Mr. President, God bless America.”Trump responded by saying that all the hostages would come back on Monday, which was met with applause from the families.Israeli leaders also hailed the announcement, with Netanyahu issuing a statement at the same time as Trump’s declaration saying, “With God’s help, we will bring them all home.”“A great day for Israel. [On Thursday] I will convene the government to approve the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home,” Netanyahu said in a subsequent statement from his office.“I thank the brave IDF soldiers and all the security forces — it is thanks to their courage and sacrifice that we have reached this day,” he added.“With God’s help, together we will continue to achieve all our goals and expand peace with our neighbors.”President Isaac Herzog said, “All of Israel stands with the hostages.”“At this hour, all of Israel stands with the hostages. All of Israel stands with their families,” Herzog wrote in a Hebrew-language post on X.“They shall return from the land of the enemy… and children shall return to their own borders,” he added, quoting a verse from the biblical book of Jeremiah.Defense Minister Israel Katz praised Trump and Netanyahu “for the leadership that led to the deal,” as well as “the heroic IDF soldiers whose courage, determination and incredible sacrifice brought us to this great moment.”Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf of the far-right Otzma Yehudit party, which has opposed previous ceasefire deals that did not include the return of all the captives, also cheered the agreement, saying “everyone will return home… without anyone remaining behind.”Opposition Leader Yair Lapid thanked Trump, saying that Israel was “waiting for our children with bated breath.”“All our hearts are with the 48 families, hoping and praying for the release of everyone — the living to the bosoms of their loved ones, and the dead for a proper burial in the soil of Israel,” Blue and White-National Unity chief Benny Gantz wrote on social media.Agencies contributed to their report.

Netanyahu to convene cabinet Thursday to certify deal-Trump announces deal reached on first part of his Gaza plan: ‘All hostages will be freed very soon’‘Blessed are the peacemakers,’ Trump says, hailing ‘great day for Israel, the world’; all living hostages set to be released in next few days; Trump to fly to region, will likely come to Israel, address Knesset By Jacob Magid and Nava Freiberg-Today, 3:54 am-OCT 9,25

US President Donald Trump announced late on Wednesday that Israel and Hamas have signed off on the “first phase” of his plan to secure the release of all hostages and end the Gaza war, two years and a day after the fighting was sparked by Hamas’s October 7, 2023, massacre in southern Israel.“This means that ALL of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw [its] troops to an agreed upon line as the first steps toward a strong, durable and everlasting Peace,” Trump wrote in a post on his Truth Social platform.He later hailed the accord as “a great day for the world,” saying, “The whole world has come together on this one, Israel, every country has come together. This has been a fantastic day…  a wonderful day for everybody.”Trump told Fox News that all the hostages would probably be released on Monday. “We think they will all be coming back on Monday… and that will include the bodies of the dead,” he said. “They [the hostages] are in a terrible situation there. They are deep, deep in the earth. As we speak, so much is happening to get the hostages freed.”Other unconfirmed reports said all hostages would be freed by Monday, and indicated that Hamas would not hold the kind of propaganda ceremonies, on stage in front of large Gazan crowds, at which hostages were handed over to the Red Cross in previous deals.Two sources familiar with the negotiations had earlier told The Times of Israel that Hamas would release all the remaining living hostages as early as Saturday. Twenty of the remaining 48 hostages are believed to be alive. All slain hostages that Hamas is able to locate are also to be released.The deal will be formally signed on Thursday in Egypt, the sources said, adding that the biggest issues in the Gaza talks have been resolved and what remains to be finalized is merely procedural. The official signing was tentatively set for midday.Trump is set to head to the region this weekend. Invited by Netanyahu to address the Knesset, in a phone call they held some two hours after he announced the deal, the president indicated he would do so.“All parties will be treated fairly!” Trump stressed on Truth Social, in a message widely understood to be directed at Hamas, which has sought guarantees from the American leader that he will not allow Israel to resume the war once the hostages are released.“This is a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel, all surrounding nations, and the United States of America; and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt and Turkey, who worked with us to make this historic and unprecedented event happen,” Trump continued.“BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!” he added.Cabinet to meet on Thursday to ratify deal-Within seconds of Trump’s post, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement saying, “With God’s help, we will bring them all home.”“A great day for Israel,” the premier said in a subsequent statement.“I will convene the cabinet tomorrow to ratify the agreement and bring all our precious hostages home,” he said. He thanked Israel’s soldiers, “whose courage and sacrifice have brought us to this day,” along with Trump and his aides, “for their commitment to this sacred mission of freeing our hostages.”“With God’s help, together, we will continue to achieve all our goals and expand peace with our neighbors,” Netanyahu added.In a third statement, in English, Netanyahu wrote: “With the approval of the first phase of the plan, all our hostages will be brought home. This is a diplomatic success and a national and moral victory for the State of Israel.”“From the beginning, I made it clear: we will not rest until all our hostages return and all our goals are achieved. Through steadfast resolve, powerful military action, and the great efforts of our great friend and ally, President Trump, we have reached this critical turning point. I thank President Trump for his leadership, his partnership, and his unwavering commitment to the safety of Israel and the freedom of our hostages,” the prime minister wrote.Soon after Trump announced the deal, he and Netanyahu spoke by phone, and the prime minister invited the president to address the Knesset when he comes to the region this weekend. Trump told Channel 12’s Barak Ravid he would likely come to Israel and speak in the Knesset. “They want me to give a speech at the Knesset and I will definitely do that if they want me to,” Trump said. “It is a great day for Israel and for the world. My call with Bibi was great. He is so happy. He should be. It is a great achievement. The whole world has come together to reach this deal, including countries that were enemies.”Netanyahu’s office said, “The two held a very emotional and warm conversation, congratulating one another on the historic achievement of signing the agreement for the release of all the hostages.”In its own statement confirming the deal, Hamas said it had reached an agreement that ends the war, withdraws Israeli troops, secures the entry of humanitarian aid into Gaza and ensures the release of Palestinian prisoners. Nearly 2,000 of them will be released as part of the deal, including250 serving life sentences.The Hamas statement thanked the mediators, including Trump, “who has worked to bring about a complete and final cessation of the war and the full withdrawal of the occupation from the Gaza Strip.”The initial partial withdrawal of Israeli troops ahead of the hostage release will leave Israel in control of just over a majority of the Strip. Hamas was working to secure a timetable for the pullout after earlier drafts of the plan described it as performance-based. It was unclear whether Hamas was able to change the terms.“We call upon President Trump, the guarantor countries of the agreement, and all Arab, Islamic, and international parties to compel the occupation government to fully implement the obligations of the agreement and to prevent it from evading or delaying the implementation of what has been agreed upon,” Hamas said.The terror group hailed the “steadfastness” of Palestinians, adding that “our people’s sacrifices will not be in vain. We pledge to remain faithful to our cause and never abandon our national rights until freedom, independence, and self-determination are achieved.”Qatari foreign ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari tweeted that mediators secured an agreement “on all the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the first phase of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which will lead to ending the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the entry of aid.”“The details will be announced later,” he added.The note that tipped reporters off-Trump told reporters earlier Wednesday that he planned to travel to the region this weekend — likely to Egypt — if a deal was inked.Around an hour before Trump’s social media post, speculation had mounted that an announcement was imminent after photographers managed to snap photos of a note that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio passed to him during a White House meeting.“Very close,” the note began, with the two words underlined. “You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first.”“I was just given a note by the secretary saying that we’re very close to a deal in the Middle East, and they’re going to need me pretty quickly,” Trump subsequently told reporters.Trump’s announcement was greeted by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum with “excitement, hope and concern.”“This is important and significant progress toward returning everyone, but our struggle has not ended and will not end until the last hostage returns,” the group said in a statement.The forum called on the government to immediately hold a meeting to approve the agreement, warning that any delay could pose a risk to the captives and Israeli soldiers in Gaza.The families also expressed “their deep thanks” to Trump and his administration, hailing his “leadership and determination which led to a historic breakthrough.”“There are still 48 hostages in Hamas captivity. We are obliged morally and as a nation to return everyone home, the living and dead together,” the statement added.How we got here-Top officials from Israel and Hamas, along with counterparts from mediating countries — the US, Egypt, Qatar and Turkey — were in Sharm el-Sheikh on Wednesday in order to close remaining gaps in the negotiations after technical talks were held by lower-level teams on Monday and Tuesday.It wasn’t immediately publicized who Israel would be releasing in exchange for the remaining hostages.Under the proposed deal, Israel is to begin releasing Palestinian security prisoners once the hostage-release phase is completed.Two hundred and fifty of the remaining 303 Palestinian prisoners serving life sentences in Israeli jails will be released, along with 1,700 Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza since October 7, 2023, including all women and children from Gaza held in that timeframe. Many of those detainees have been held by way of a controversial policy called administrative detention, without due process. For every slain hostage released by Hamas, Israel will release the remains of 15 deceased Gazans that it is holding.The Times of Israel previously reported that the terror group has, in the past, told mediators it does not know where some of the bodies of slain hostages are located.Channel 12 reported that the understanding currently appears to be that once Hamas hands over all of the living hostages and all the dead hostages it can locate, and makes clear it is not holding any as bargaining chips, the prisoner releases will follow.Israel will not free Hamas Nukhba terrorists who directly participated in the October 7 massacre, the report said. But there will be some “flexibility” on the issue of the release of some heavyweight terrorists serving life terms, many of whom Israel has refused to free in past deals.An Arab diplomat told The Times of Israel earlier Wednesday that decisions regarding the identities of the Palestinian prisoners slated for release won’t be made until the final minutes before a deal is signed in order to avoid drawn-out negotiations.Hamas is committed to securing the release of former Fatah leader Marwan Barghouti as part of the agreement with Israel to end the war, a source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel.Barghouti is currently serving life in prison for planning attacks during the Second Intifada that killed five civilians. He has denied the crimes he was convicted of while rejecting the Israeli court’s jurisdiction.The 66-year-old has been described as a potential successor to Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, as he has appeal among broad swaths of the Palestinian population, while maintaining support for a two-state solution.Hamas’s leadership relayed to interlocutors that “Barghouti’s fate remains absolutely central to these talks,” the source said.Families rejoice: ‘There is no happiness like this’Relatives of the hostages expressed overwhelming joy and relief in initial responses to Trump’s announcement.Liran Berman, whose twin brothers Gali and Ziv are held hostage in Gaza, posted a brief item expressing delight that they are to be released in the very near future. “My Gali and Zivi, I love you so much. You’re coming back home,” he wrote.Their aunt, Maccabit Meir, told Channel 12 that “there is no happiness like this.”She said, “So many people are so happy” to hear the news that the hostages are to be released. “I can’t tell you how many messages I’m getting.”“It’s happening, it’s happening,” she repeated. “We were so afraid, and now I’m crying tears of happiness, not tears of fear.”Merav Gilboa-Dalal, mother of hostage Guy, said, “The main thing is that my son should come back healthy and on his own two feet.”“That’s what I wish for all of us,” she told Channel 12.“Finally, this saga of the war, the injured, the dead, this pain of our heroic soldiers who gave their souls for us [is coming to an end], and the hostages, the victory, that they are all coming home,” Gilboa-Delal continued. “And I hope the slain hostages will all return at the same time, and that we can close this circle.”

Op-ed: Day 733 of the war-No, Hamas is not ready for ‘lasting peace,’ but can Trump persuade it to free all the hostages? The US president has evidently concluded he knows better than the prime minister about Israel’s essential needs; now he’s bidding to somehow convince Hamas to relinquish its most powerful leverage-By David Horovitz-8 October 2025, 4:29 pm

This Editor’s Note was sent out earlier Wednesday in ToI’s weekly update email to members of the Times of Israel Community. To receive these Editor’s Notes as they’re released, join the ToI Community here.On October 7, 2023, Hamas, the Gaza terror government that Israel had unfathomably assessed was interested in maintaining long-term calm across the border, fired almost 5,000 rockets into Israel as its invading forces set about massacring everybody it could find in a monstrous onslaught ultimately intended to destroy our country.On October 7, 2024, a year into Israel’s potent, ponderous and devastating response, Hamas’s much-reduced forces managed to launch 14 rockets.On Tuesday, the second anniversary of its slaughter, Hamas fired a single rocket — at Netiv Ha’asara, a border moshav where its monsters had murdered 17 residents two years earlier. The rocket fell in the area of the moshav, but caused no injuries or damage.The spectacular decline in Hamas’s offensive capabilities in Gaza, as emblemized by those rocket numbers, is not for the lack of trying. Hamas has been reduced from a 24-battalion army capable of inflicting the heaviest one-day losses upon its loathed Jewish people since the Holocaust, to a guerrilla force currently primarily focused on survival. But its ideology is unchanged: destroy Israel and kill Jews at any cost.And it has galvanized ever-widening global backing for its cause from hate-filled antisemites of far-left and far-right and their useful idiot allies — recruitment eased by the extremist rhetoric and policy goals of the far-right parties in the Israeli government, and the decontextualized scale of the destruction in Gaza — throwing the Jewish disapora in many countries into an era of widespread hatred unseen for almost a century.US President Donald Trump may have welcomed Hamas’s characteristically cunningly worded, ostensible acceptance of his 20-point plan for the release of all hostages and eventual end to the war in Gaza, as evidence that the Islamic extremist group is “ready for a lasting PEACE.”But, in fact, as it made clear in a self-congratulatory statement issued on Tuesday’s anniversary, Hamas is, of course, ready for nothing of the kind. Rather, it gloated that its slaughter constituted “a glorious day” en route to the destruction of the Jewish state — or rather, as it stated with the shallowest euphemistic veneer, “a major turning point in the path of Palestinian resistance and in the regional balance of power.”Neither, for that matter, are the two Trump-allied nations taking central roles in mediating the current indirect Israel-Hamas talks on the president’s plan, Qatar and Turkey, remotely interested in Hamas’s demise. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan repeatedly brands Israel the terrorist entity and lauds Hamas as its victim. Qatar relentlessly poisons minds worldwide courtesy of its Al Jazeera outlet. (Israel’s Channel 12 reported earlier this week that Qatar is carrying out a purge at Al Jazeera, apparently at the US’s behest. I’d say the jury’s still out on that.) The US president has evidently decided he knows better than the prime minister about Israel’s essential needs. While Netanyahu has sought to frame the Trump proposal as a closely coordinated joint initiative, the president, announcing his plan alongside Netanyahu on September 29, declared that while Netanyahu is a redoubtable “warrior,” the Israeli people “want the hostages back… And they want to have peace… We had a long, strong talk, Bibi and I, and he understands it’s time. It’s time.”He then reportedly told Netanyahu, after Hamas’s conditional acceptance of his proposal, “Bibi, this is your chance for victory,” and added, “He was fine with it. He’s got to be fine with it. He has no choice. With me, you’ve got to be fine.”At this writing, however, there appears to be a danger that the negotiations in Sharm el Sheikh are bogging down.The talks are intended, as far as Trump and Netanyahu are concerned, to quickly finalize the technical details of the “first phase” of the president’s plan — the rapid release of all 48 hostages, the freeing in exchange for 250 Palestinian life-sentence terrorists and 1,700 post-October 7 Gazan detainees, and a limited IDF withdrawal within Gaza. But they show signs of reverting to protracted argument over the familiar Hamas demand for a guaranteed end to the war and full IDF pullout as a condition for the release of hostages, with Hamas also resisting disarmament, and demanding the release of many of the most notorious mass-murdering terror chiefs whom Israel has repeatedly clarified it will not set free.The question, now, therefore, is whether the president’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner can, this time, square that two-year circle and get Hamas to free all the hostages in the very near future — giving up its best leverage on the basis of Qatari and Turkish encouragement, Trump’s public promise “to do everything possible to make sure everybody adheres” to all elements of his 20-point deal, and possible additional undisclosed assurances.Let nobody think this would spell the end of Hamas, still publicly reveling in the ‘glorious’ barbarism of its October 7 invasion. It would, however, mark the beginning of the end of Israel’s two-year nightmare-Let nobody think this would spell the end of Hamas, active and widely supported in the West Bank, bent on eventual revival in Gaza, anticipating a major boost through the release of notorious terrorist murderers from all Palestinian factions, and still publicly reveling in the “glorious” barbarism of its October 7 invasion.It would, however, mark the beginning of the end of Israel’s two-year nightmare, and the opportunity for Israel — so divided that Netanyahu’s pet TV Channel 14 could not even bring itself to screen Tuesday night’s national memorial ceremony organized by families of victims, hostages, and survivors of the Hamas horrors — to begin its vital internal rehabilitation.