{"id":14256,"date":"2025-10-10T01:20:59","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:20:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/israel-approves-peace-deal-to-end-war-with-hamas-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T01:20:59","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T01:20:59","slug":"israel-approves-peace-deal-to-end-war-with-hamas-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/israel-approves-peace-deal-to-end-war-with-hamas-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel approves peace deal to end war with Hamas in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Are Salam<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Israel’s government voted Thursday to approve the first phase of a peace deal that could bring an end to the war in Gaza and see Hamas return the remaining Israeli hostages.<\/p>\n

Hamas had previously accepted this initial step in the 20-point plan <\/a>that President Donald Trump announced last week at the White House alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.<\/p>\n

The agreement calls for Hamas to release all remaining hostages and the remains of those who died after being kidnapped during the Oct. 7, 2023, surprise attack.<\/p>\n

In return, Israel is to release 250 prisoners serving life sentences, plus 1,700 Gaza residents detained since the Oct. 7 attack, including all women and children. Israel will also lift its clampdown<\/a> on aid into the war-torn Palestinian territory, which global experts have said is suffering from starvation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The agreement comes <\/strong>two years after Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel, in which the group killed 1,200 people and captured more than 250 hostages. In retaliation, Israel launched a military assault on the Gaza Strip that, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry, has killed more than 67,000 people<\/a>many of them children.<\/p>\n

A United Nations commission of inquiry<\/a> and the world’s foremost experts on genocide, the International Association of Genocide Scholars<\/a>declared in September that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. The Israeli government has denied this.<\/p>\n

This is a developing story. Check back for updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Are Salam<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Erum Salam is a breaking news reporter and producer for BLN Digital. She previously was a breaking news reporter for The Guardian.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n