“This is a GREAT day for the Arab and Muslim world, Israel, all surrounding countries and the United States of America,” President Trump tweeted. his truth is social media platform Wednesday evening announcing an agreement between Israel and Hamas.
Two regional sources told CBS News that all sides had reached an agreement in principle to release the hostages, but procedural issues remained. Once these details are processed, it will be 48 hours before any release begins, sources said.
Mr Trump, in an interview on Wednesday evening with Fox News host Sean Hannity, said the hostages would “probably” be released on Monday US time, and that the exchange would include the release of the bodies of deceased hostages still held by Hamas.
Mr Trump told Hannity that other parts of the 20-point Israel-Hamas agreement peace plan he outlined last week — including a committee to oversee governance in the Gaza Strip — could be created without a time frame.
“I think you'll see people get along and you'll see Gaza rebuild,” the president said. “People will be taken care of. It will be a different world.”
Majed al-Ansari, an adviser to Qatari minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani, also confirmed the deal on Wednesday. I write in X that an agreement had been reached on “the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza that will lead to an end to the war, the release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the delivery of aid.”
