IT TOOK Donald Trump less than 12 hours on the ground to bring peace to the Middle East. At least this is how the American president’s whirlwind visit to the region on October 13th was framed. It began with his arrival in the morning in Israel just as the last group of living hostages was being released from their two years of captivity in Gaza and ended with him standing on a stage in Sharm el-Sheikh,

As Israel and Hamas implement the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, questions remain unanswered over what comes next.

As celebrations and tearful reunions broke out in Israel on Monday as the last 20 living hostages returned home, similar joyful scenes emerged across the Gaza Strip as buses carrying freed Palestinian prisoners entered the war-torn territory.

Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

The United Nations said there was “real progress” in the delivery of humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip, part of the broader deal brokered by President Trump paving the way to a peace process. “For the first time since March,

US President Donald Trump has landed in Egypt following a brief visit to Israel where he addressed lawmakers in the country's parliament. Trump's government plane, Air Force One, landed on Monday in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh on the Red Sea,

Over the next 24 hours, the world has witnessed extraordinary scenes of hostages being released from Gaza and reunited with their families. President Donald Trump also addressed the Israeli Knesset, saying today marks the “historic dawn of a new Middle East” before world leaders convene in Egypt to discuss the subsequent phases of his 20-point plan for a longer-term peace and rehabilitation of Gaza.

World leaders expressed relief and joy at the release of the last remaining 20 living hostages held by Hamas for more than two years on Friday, but they urged all sides to remain committed to ending the war and rebuilding the Gaza Strip.