On Wednesday, Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to facilitate a hostage and prisoner swap—the first phase in the Gaza peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. If it holds, the agreement will be a major breakthrough in ending the war, which has claimed more than 65,000 Palestinian lives since Hamas killed roughly 1,200 people and captured 251 hostages in an attack on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023.
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza , a Taliban official’s trip to India , and the Hungarian author who won the Nobel Prize in literature.
Welcome back to World Brief, where we’re looking at the deal between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, a Taliban official’s trip to India, and the Hungarian author who won the Nobel Prize in literature.
Steps Toward Peace
On Wednesday, Israel and Hamas agreed to pause fighting in Gaza to facilitate a hostage and prisoner swap—the first phase in the Gaza peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. If it holds, the agreement will be a major breakthrough in ending the war, which has claimed more than 65,000 Palestinian lives since Hamas killed roughly 1,200 people and captured 251 hostages in an attack on Israel on Oct.
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