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Twenty Living Hostages Returned to Israel as Part of Gaza Peace Plan
More than 20 global leaders discuss Gaza's post-war recovery and security amid ceasefire challenges without Hamas, while reconstruction costs are estimated at $53 billion by the World Bank.
- Sharm el-Sheikh will host more than 20 world leaders including Emmanuel Macron, Pedro Sánchez, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Giorgia Meloni, Friedrich Merz, and António Costa on Monday.
- The Egyptian presidency says the summit aims to end the Gaza Strip war, enhance peace and stability after a conflict that began on Oct. 7, 2023, with Hamas attacks killing 1,139 people and capturing about 200 hostages.
- In two rounds, seven then thirteen hostages were handed over to the Israeli Defence Forces, while Israel approved releasing 1,718 Palestinian prisoners and expects 28 deceased hostages' bodies.
- With both sides absent, the ceasefire now rests with Egypt, Qatar and Trump, while Hamas resists disarmament and far-right members of Netanyahu's coalition warn a withdrawal could collapse Israel's government.
- The World Bank estimates rebuilding Gaza could cost over 20m, with Egypt's reconstruction plan and a donors' conference later this year, and Germany co-hosts the recovery efforts.
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lalsace.frIn Egypt, international leaders, including Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump, outlined on Monday the first post-war tracks in Gaza.
Remaining Israeli Hostages Released Ahead of Gaza Summit in Egypt
Photo: Andrew Mullin ~ 760 WJR GAZA, Oct. 13, 2025 ~ A Gaza summit will be held in Egypt Monday following Hamas releasing the remaining Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire deal to end the violence onto the Gaza Strip. The twenty remaining living captives, all men between the ages of 20-48, were handed over in two rounds to the IDF, with Hamas beginning to hand the bodies of dead hostages to the Red Cross. In return, about 2,000 Palestinians…
The war in Gaza is to end, but Israel and Hamas are not at the table when the agreement is signed. It is the mediators and negotiators who sign the agreement to bring peace to the region.
Hostages freed ahead of peace summit in Egypt without Hamas
After more than two years of war between Israel and Hamas, all remaining living hostages have been released, a ceasefire has taken hold, and world leaders are gathering in Egypt to talk peace, but only one side of the conflict will be there. So, what kind of peace can be built without Hamas at the table?
Poland was absent from the peace summit in Egypt. Radosław Fogiel decided to explain Karol Nawrocki's absence.
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