{"id":85714,"date":"2025-10-20T01:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:50:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/85714\/"},"modified":"2025-10-20T01:50:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T01:50:07","slug":"trump-confirms-gaza-ceasefire-still-in-effect-after-israel-airstrikes-kill-45-people-firstpost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/85714\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump confirms Gaza ceasefire &#8216;still in effect&#8217; after Israel airstrikes kill 45 people \u2013 Firstpost"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>US President Donald Trump confirmed that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still in effect after the IDF conducted airstrikes across Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>US President<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/sports\/football-news\/us-president-donald-trump-threatens-boston-fifa-world-cup-2026-matches-13942694.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/sports\/football-news\/us-president-donald-trump-threatens-boston-fifa-world-cup-2026-matches-13942694.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump<\/a> confirmed that the<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/bold-violation-of-ceasefire-idf-strikes-rafah-after-terrorists-fire-on-troops-amid-fragile-truce-13943420.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/bold-violation-of-ceasefire-idf-strikes-rafah-after-terrorists-fire-on-troops-amid-fragile-truce-13943420.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ceasefire<\/a> between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still in effect after the IDF conducted airstrikes across Gaza. The violence in the coastal enclave reignited after two soldiers from the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) were killed in an attack in<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/israeli-airstrikes-rattle-rafah-and-southern-gaza-reports-13943382.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/israeli-airstrikes-rattle-rafah-and-southern-gaza-reports-13943382.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Rafah<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Hamas-run civil defence noted that 45 people were killed in the Sunday strikes. However, it is still unclear how many civilians and Hamas operatives were killed in the attack. When asked by a reporter about the latest spate of violence, Trump made it clear that the ceasefire is still in place.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to make sure that it\u2019s going to be very peaceful with Hamas,\u201d Trump said. \u201cAnd as you know, they\u2019ve been quite rambunctious\u2026 but either way \u2026 it\u2019s going to be handled toughly, but properly,&#8221; the American leader averred while on board Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, US Vice President<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/doesnt-give-a-sht-jd-vance-defends-us-strike-that-killed-11-on-venezuelan-boat-13931601.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/doesnt-give-a-sht-jd-vance-defends-us-strike-that-killed-11-on-venezuelan-boat-13931601.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">JD Vance<\/a> said that \u201csecurity infrastructure\u201d is needed in Gaza before Hamas would disarm. The American vice president suggested that<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/trumps-gaza-peace-plan-is-deeply-flawed-but-has-a-positive-element-ex-palestinian-negotiator-yezid-sayigh-13940681.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/trumps-gaza-peace-plan-is-deeply-flawed-but-has-a-positive-element-ex-palestinian-negotiator-yezid-sayigh-13940681.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">international peacekeepers<\/a> need to deploy to Gaza to maintain security in the territory before Hamas disarms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBefore we actually can ensure that Hamas is properly disarmed, that\u2019s going to require\u2026 some of these Gulf Arab states to get forces in there to actually apply some law and order and some security-keeping on the ground,\u201d Vance told reporters. \u201cWe don\u2019t even have the security infrastructure in place, meaning the Gulf Arab states, our allies, don\u2019t have the security infrastructure in place yet to confirm that Hamas is disarmed,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Israel resumes enforcing the ceasefire<\/p>\n<p>According to multiple reports, Vance is set to visit Israel in the coming days. On Sunday night, the Israeli military said that it was going back to enforcing the ceasefire agreement after a directive from the country\u2019s political echelon.<\/p>\n<p>The military also maintained that it would be responding firmly to any violations of the ceasefire that they felt were taking place now. It is pertient to note that Hamas has denied responsibility for killing and injuring Israeli soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the Israeli Prime Minister<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/netanyahu-warns-gaza-war-not-over-until-hamas-disarms-as-tensions-mount-over-hostage-body-return-13943263.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/netanyahu-warns-gaza-war-not-over-until-hamas-disarms-as-tensions-mount-over-hostage-body-return-13943263.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Benjamin Netanyahu<\/a> held a security consultation on Sunday about how Israel is going to respond and what they are going to do moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>There are still<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/middle-east-crisis-gaza-conflict-hamas-israel-mediation-talks-donald-trump-13940637.html\" id=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/middle-east-crisis-gaza-conflict-hamas-israel-mediation-talks-donald-trump-13940637.html\" class=\"body_anchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">16 bodies of Israeli hostages<\/a> being held in Gaza, and Netanyahu says that he\u2019s going to continue cutting humanitarian aid in half and is not going to be willing to discuss the second part of Trump\u2019s plan until those captives are released.<\/p>\n<p>STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD<a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Home<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.firstpost.com\/world\/\" title=\"World\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">World<\/a>Trump confirms Gaza ceasefire &#8216;still in effect&#8217; after Israel airstrikes kill 45 peopleEnd of Article<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US President Donald Trump confirmed that the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas in Gaza is still in effect&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":85715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[58988,58992,58990,42,1031,46055,11487,43,58989,40,38,41,39,58991],"class_list":["post-85714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-gaza-airstrikes","tag-gaza-security-infrastructure","tag-hamas-operatives","tag-headlines","tag-idf","tag-israel-hamas-ceasefire","tag-jd-vance","tag-news","tag-rafah-attack","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories","tag-us-president-trump"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}