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What Matters Most On Friday, October 10, 2025

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Tanks and armored vehicles of the 188th Armored Brigade roll out of the Gaza Strip, early October 10, 2025. (Amutat Barak 188)

US military confirms IDF completed withdrawal

Gaza ceasefire starts as IDF completes partial withdrawal; Hamas has 72 hours to return hostages

By Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Agencies

Soldier killed by Hamas sniper hours before deal goes into effect; IDF, Hamas warn Gazans not to approach troops in new positions; coastal road opens for Palestinians to return to Gaza City

US Army soldiers stand at the US-built floating pier Trident backdropped by the coast of the Gaza Strip, June 25, 2024. (AP/Leo Correa)

Team of 200 American troops to ‘oversee’ Israel-Hamas ceasefire — US officials

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

Egyptian ambulances cross the Rafah border crossing toward Gaza on February 1, 2025, to transport Palestinian patients out of the Strip. (Kerolos Salah/AFP)

EU-monitored pedestrian crossing on Gaza-Egypt border to reopen next week

By AFP

Israelis gather for Shabbat dinner at Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, October 10, 2025. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Oct. 10: Hostage families gather to hopefully mark final Shabbat without their loved ones

By Ethan Rubinson, Shira Silkoff and ToI Staff

IDF says it finished preparations to receive the captives * Hamas-run Gaza civil defense reports pulling 55 bodies out of rubble since IDF withdrawal

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Some 200,000 people have returned to northern Gaza since ceasefire began, Hamas-run civil defense says

Illustrative: Freed Palestinian prisoners flash V-signs as they arrive in the Gaza Strip after being released from an Israeli prison following a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip on February 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

Woman whose dad's killer will go free: 'Very mixed feelings'

Israel publishes list of 250 security prisoners slated for release as part of Gaza deal

By Lazar Berman, Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers, Nurit Yohanan and Jacob Magid

Several heavyweights demanded by Hamas, including Barghouti, omitted; terror group reportedly claims list not approved; 11 Fatah convicts swapped out at last minute for Hamas members

IDF forces operate in the Gaza Strip in this October 9, 2025, handout image. (IDF)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Oct. 10: Day 735 – IDF begins drawback as clock ticks to hostages’ release

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Lazar Berman (Courtesy) / A Hamas terrorist fighter takes up a position ahead of a hostages release in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, February 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

ToI podcastFriday Focus with Lazar Berman: Is Israel’s Hamas problem solved?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

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US envoy Steve Witkoff and US President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner flank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting on October 9, 2025. (Maayan Toaf / GPO)

Captives to be freed within 72 hours of IDF retreat in Strip

Israel approves deal to get hostages freed, release Palestinian terrorists; ceasefire takes effect after IDF pullback

By Ariela Karmel, Sam Sokol, Lazar Berman and Tal Schneider

Most far-right ministers vote against government resolution; ministers did not vote on ending the war; Kushner and Witkoff tell cabinet IDF’s ‘bravery’ and Netanyahu’s ‘difficult decisions’ enabled deal

People celebrate at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv, as negotiators are set to sign a hostage-ceasefire deal. October 09, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/FLASH90)

Cabinet set to approve hostage-ceasefire deal after Israel, Hamas sign on in Egypt

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian, Nurit Yohanan and Lazar Berman

Gazan emergency responders attempt to rescue someone trapped beneath rubble following an Israeli airstrike on Gaza City on October 9, 2025. (Screenshot/Telegram)

IDF carries out airstrike in Gaza City as cabinet meets to approve ceasefire deal

By Emanuel Fabian

US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House, October 9, 2025, in Washington, DC, as Secretary of State Marco Rubio, left, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, right, look on. (AP/Evan Vucci)

'Hamas lost 70K people, but at some point, it had to stop'

Trump: ‘We ended Gaza war,’ the hostages are coming home. ‘After that, we’ll see’

US president says Hamas will disarm and IDF will pull back its troops, but indicates issues pertaining to post-war management of the Strip still need to be finalized; hopes to be in Israel for hostages’ release

US President Donald Trump and Finland's President Alexander Stubb (not in picture) meet in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, October 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump to visit Israel on Monday for 4 hours, address Knesset, meet PM and hostage families

By Lazar Berman, Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio writes a note before handing it to President Donald Trump during a roundtable meeting in the State Dining Room at the White House, October 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

A whisper and a note: Photos document moment Trump was informed Gaza deal sealed

By AP

Inside story

From Doha strike to Sharm el-Sheikh breakthrough: How US brokered elusive Gaza deal

Trump’s longtime commitment to Israel enabled him to coax Netanyahu into accepting proposal, as Hamas recognized that hostages had become a liability worth releasing up-front

US envoy Steve Witkoff (left) and US President Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner (right) flank Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting on October 9, 2025. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

US President Donald Trump speaks during a roundtable meeting on "Antifa" in the State Dining Room at the White House, October 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

AnalysisTrump used his leverage to close the hostage-truce deal, but much remains unresolved

ExplainerFrom Hamas to Red Cross to the IDF in Gaza: How the hostage releases will be handled

By Emanuel Fabian

Analysis

As Hamas pressured to leave Gaza, experts see echoes of 1982 PLO exit from Lebanon

Decades after Arafat was pushed out of Beirut, Hamas’s leaders may also choose exile over death; despite key differences, history shows what pitfalls may lie ahead for Israel

Members of the Palestine Liberation Organization depart from Beirut, Lebanon, August 25, 1982. (AP/Saleh Rifai)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the opening ceremony of the new Knesset museum, in Jerusalem on August 11, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu’s Likud enjoys slight bump in support on heels of Gaza deal, poll shows

Palestinians walk along Al-Rashid Road toward Gaza City from Nuseirat in the central Gaza Strip, on October 10, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)

Masses begin returning to Gaza City as IDF withdraws, opens coastal road

By AFP and ToI Staff

People chant ‘God is great’ as they return to check on their homes where IDF offensive took place; Gazans begin clearing rubble from destroyed buildings in Khan Younis

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly via video at United Nations headquarters, September 25, 2025. (AP/Angelina Katsanis)

Bucking US blueprint, Palestinian Authority still seeks major role in post-war Gaza

By Reuters and ToI Staff

French President Emmanuel Macron during a ministerial meeting on the implementation of the Middle East peace plan in Paris, on October 9, 2025 (Thomas SAMSON / POOL / AFP)

Macron: Gaza deal a ‘great hope’ but settlements an ‘existential threat’ to peace

By AFP and ToI Staff

Samaria Regional Council chair Yossi Dagan (with flag) stands with settler activists who marched up to the Sebastia railway station in 1975 to demand the establishment of a civilian settlement in the northern West Bank, October 8, 2025. (Hillel Ben Or)

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Marking jubilee, settlers lay down uncompromising vision for region’s future

By Jeremy Sharon

Revelers and politicians celebrate 50 years since the march to Sebastia, call for annexation of the West Bank and firmly reject the realization of Palestinian national aspirations

Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado addresses supporters at a protest against President Nicolas Maduro in Caracas, Venezuela, January 9, 2025, the day before his inauguration for a third term. (AP/Ariana Cubillos)

Trump snubbed; Nobel Peace Prize given to Venezuelan democracy activist Maria Corina Machado

By AP and ToI Staff

Machado, who lives in hiding, recognized for unifying opposition against Maduro; hostage families say nobody has done more for peace than Trump; winner selected before Gaza deal inked; PM poo-poohs decision

In an AI-generated image published October 9, 2025, US President Donald Trump (center) wears an oversized Nobel Peace Prize medal as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stands at his side. (X/Prime Minister of Israel)

Fake newsNetanyahu posts AI image of Trump winning Nobel Peace Prize

Jewish worshipers attend the 'priestly blessing' ceremony at Jerusalem's Western Wall during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, on October 9, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

'This Simchat Torah we will all dance with the hostages'

At ‘priestly blessing’ in Jerusalem, prayers, hope and ‘mixed feelings’ over hostage deal

By Rossella Tercatin

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Elkana Bar Eitan

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Israel created mechanisms of isolation, distrust, and closure with Arab states; instead, we need a shared space for cooperation

Israel's Artem Dolgopyat reacts after competing in the artistic gymnastics men's floor exercise final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Paul Ellis / AFP)

Indonesia to block Israeli team from gymnastics world championships

Amid pressure from politicians and Muslim groups, Jakarta says Israeli team denied visas, claim international gymnastics governing body supports the decision

FIFA President Gianni Infantino speaks during the 32nd European Football Clubs General Assembly in Rome, Italy, October 9, 2025. (Fabrizio Corradetti/ LaPresse via AP)

FIFA president urges protesters to keep calm at Israel’s soccer games, amid peace talks

By AP and ToI Staff

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi addresses foreign ambassadors to Iran, in Tehran on October 5, 2025. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran demands Israel be held to deal commitments, alleges ‘deceit and duplicity’

By ToI Staff and Reuters

Members of the local Jewish community walk in the street near to Heaton Park Hebrew Congregation synagogue in Crumpsall, north Manchester, on October 2, 2025, following a deadly terrorist attack at the synagogue. (Paul Currie / AFP)

Jews suffer highest rate of religious hate crime in England and Wales, figures show

By Reuters and ToI Staff

2,873 antisemitic incidents recorded in year ending March 2025, according to figures published in wake of deadly Yom Kippur synagogue attack

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US sanctions dozens of people, companies, ships over links to Iran oil exports

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Graffiti was spray-painted on Temple Israel in Minneapolis on October 7, 2025, the two-year anniversary of Hamas's attack on Israel. (Lonny Goldsmith/TC Jewfolk via JTA)

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Lebanese security forces inspect a car targeted in an Israeli drone attack in the southern Lebanese village of Zebdine, on October 6, 2025. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)

Over 30 arrested in Lebanon for allegedly providing Israel with intel on Hezbollah

By AFP and ToI Staff

Rapper Azealia Banks performing in Tel Aviv on October 9, 2025 (YouTube screenshot; used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Rapper Azealia Banks performs in Tel Aviv, draped in Israeli flag

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