{"id":199813,"date":"2025-10-09T09:43:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/199813\/"},"modified":"2025-10-09T09:43:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T09:43:09","slug":"israel-and-hamas-agree-to-first-phase-of-gaza-peace-deal-trump-says-live-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/199813\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel and Hamas agree to first phase of Gaza peace deal, Trump says &#8211; live updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-to2z4d-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>A significant moment but no guarantee deal will end the warpublished at 06:36 BST<\/p>\n<p>06:36 BST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-8kvzjk-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/51fa9ff5-f9e4-44dc-9cbc-5510b7a165fb.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-11yxrdo-Image edrdn950\"\/>Hugo Bachega<br \/>Middle East correspondent<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The<br \/>\nceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, announced after intense<br \/>\nnegotiations in Egypt, is a long-awaited breakthrough that brings them closer<br \/>\nto ending the two-year-old war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But, despite the momentum, there is no guarantee<br \/>\nthat this will happen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The<br \/>\nmain difference in these efforts has been the personal involvement of President<br \/>\nDonald Trump, who has put pressure not only on Hamas but also on Israel for an<br \/>\nagreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This is a major diplomatic victory for someone who wants to be seen<br \/>\nas the man who ended the war \u2013 and, in the process, be rewarded for it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">What<br \/>\nhas been agreed is the first phase of a plan the president announced at the<br \/>\nWhite House last week alongside the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu,<br \/>\nwho has been accused of sabotaging efforts for a deal in the past.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This time,<br \/>\nTrump, reportedly impatient and irritated with Netanyahu, appears to have used<br \/>\nthe power only the Americans have to influence Israel, leaving the prime<br \/>\nminister with no option other than engage with the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Threatened<br \/>\nby Trump with \u201ccomplete obliteration\u201d, Hamas was under intense pressure too.<br \/>\nArab and Muslim countries embraced the president\u2019s plan, and there was heavy involvement<br \/>\nfrom Egypt, Qatar and Turkey in the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">This<br \/>\nis, without a doubt, a significant moment but there is no guarantee that a<br \/>\npeace deal for Gaza will happen, as crucial details still need to be worked<br \/>\nout. They include the key Israeli demand that Hamas must disarm, the extent of<br \/>\nthe Israeli withdrawal and a plan for who will govern Gaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A significant moment but no guarantee deal will end the warpublished at 06:36 BST 06:36 BST Hugo BachegaMiddle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":199814,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":{"0":"post-199813","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199813","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199813\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199814"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}