The first part of US President Donald Trump’s plan for Gaza, which includes a ceasefire and hostage agreement between Israel and Hamas, may be a first step toward putting an end to the brutal conflict that has raged in the Middle East for the past two years.
Here are specifics of what is currently known and unknown:
20-point structure
Just one day after the second anniversary of the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, indirect negotiations in Egypt led to an agreement on the first phase of Trump’s 20-point plan.
Trump declared that all captives, alive and dead, will be released if Israel and Hamas approved the first step of the plan.
