President Trump hailed the cease-fire in his address to the Israeli Parliament, after Netanyahu said no U.S. president had done more for Israel.
President Trump addressed the Israeli Parliament after all 20 remaining hostages alive in Gaza returned to Israel, closing a chapter in the two-year war.
“We gather on a day of profound joy, of soaring hope,” he said, later adding that international pressure had played a part in bringing about the cease-fire.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in Egypt to participate in a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump later flew to Egypt for a summit with leaders from the Middle East and Europe to push forward his broader proposal to end the war and rebuild the Gaza Strip. Israel and Hamas are expected to begin negotiating a peace deal that would see the U.S.-designated terrorist group disarm and give up power in Gaza.
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Israelis gathered, sang and celebrated as the captives were returned.
Hostages were taken to a reception point in Israel to be reunited with their families and undergo examinations. Hamas said it would release four of the 28 bodies remaining in Gaza Monday.
Israel has released the nearly 2,000 Palestinians it had agreed to free under the term of the deal.
Many details still need to be resolved in a subsequent phase of the pact, including how Gaza will be governed.
Trump called for Israel’s president to pardon Netanyahu.
U.S. President Donald Trump disembarks Air Force One as he arrives in Egypt to participate in a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
Trump arrived in Egypt for a global summit on Gaza’s future after a triumphant visit to Israel, which included an address at the Knesset in Jerusalem earlier in the day.
“Everybody said it’s not possible to do. And it’s going to happen. And it is happening before your very eyes,” Trump said, standing beside host Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi.
More than two dozen countries are expected represented at the summit, although Netanyahu was invited but declined, with his office saying the day was too close to a Jewish holiday.
