Israel and Hamas today, October 9,2025, agreed a Gaza ceasefire deal to free the remaining living hostages, in a major step towards ending a war that has left tens of thousands of people dead and unleashed a humanitarian catastrophe.

The agreement, which follows a 20-point peace plan for Gaza announced last month by the US President Donald Trump, is to be signed today,October 9,2025, in Egypt, alongside calls for Israel to release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.

Under the deal, there will be a surge of aid into Gaza after more than two years of war started by Hamas’s unprecedented October 2023 attack on Israel.

The Israeli army said it was preparing to pull back troops in Gaza as part of the deal.

Further down the line, Trump’s plan also calls for the disarmament of Hamas and for Gaza to be ruled by a transitional authority headed by the US president himself, a point yet to be addressed.