Oct 13, 2025
“It’s going to hold up,” President Trump said as he signed the document. According to a release from the White House, the document was a declaration that stated the signatories welcomed the “implementation by all parties to the Trump Peace Agreement.”
The declaration included several platitudes about committing to a peace deal, but it does not say how a long-term ceasefire will be implemented, as many details of the agreement still need to be worked out in negotiations between Israel and Hamas.
“We support and stand behind President Trump’s sincere efforts to end the war in Gaza and bring lasting peace to the Middle East,” the declaration says. “Together, we will implement this agreement in a manner that ensures peace, security, stability, and opportunity for all peoples of the region, including both Palestinians and Israelis.”
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The signing ceremony came after Hamas released all 20 living Israeli captives and Israel freed nearly 2,000 Palestinians, including about 250 who were serving sentences and 1,700 who were captured in Gaza and held without charges.
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Report: Witkoff and Kushner Held Direct Meeting With Senior Hamas Officials in Egypt
Oct 13, 2025
Leading the Hamas officials was Khalil al-Hayya, the acting chair of Hamas’s political bureau, who Israel recently attempted to target in its airstrikes on Doha, Qatar. Al-Hayya’s son was killed in the attack, and according to MEE, Witkoff offered condolences and spoke of his own son, Andrew, who died at 22 of a drug overdose.
Hamas sources told MEE that Witkoff requested the meeting after Hamas received written confirmation from the US that the ceasefire deal would definitively end Israel’s genocidal war. Hamas made a significant concession by agreeing that Israeli troops could stay inside Gaza after they released all the Israeli hostages, and is now relying on President Trump’s word that Israel won’t restart the bombing.
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Witkoff reportedly told the Hamas officials that since the death of his son, he has dedicated himself to ending “the suffering of others” and that it motivated him to work to end the conflict. Kushner followed up by saying they were there “as both Jewish and American when we say we are committed to ensuring this is the end of the war.”
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