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Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas publishes names of 20 living Israeli hostages to be released

A ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect on Friday.

Last Updated: October 13, 2025, 12:42 AM EDT

President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that both Israel and Hamas had "signed off" on the first phase of a peace plan in Gaza following negotiations in the Egyptian Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh. A ceasefire then came into effect on Friday.

Phase one of the deal will see all remaining hostages returned from Gaza, a number of Palestinian prisoners released from Israeli jails and the partial withdrawal of the Israel Defense Forces inside the strip.

Oct 07, 2025, 7:10 AM EDT

Satellite images show extent of destruction in Gaza after 2 years of war

Since Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attack against Israel and Israel's military response in Gaza, an ABC News analysis of dozens of satellite images from the last two years shows the massive destruction across nearly every area of Gaza.

Smoke billows as Israeli airstrikes destroy the al-Ghafari tower in Gaza City on Sept. 15, 2025.
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The images show entire towns and neighborhoods have been ravaged in Gaza, alongside key infrastructure like schools, hospitals and religious buildings.

As many as 197,000 buildings have been damaged or destroyed during the war, according to estimates in a damage analysis shared with ABC News of Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellite data by Corey Scher and Jamon Van Den Hoek of Oregon State University's Conflict Ecology lab.

-ABC News' Victoria Beaule

Oct 07, 2025, 5:24 AM EDT

Israelis mark anniversary at Nova massacre site, Tel Aviv gathering

Two years on from Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack, Israelis are mourning the 1,200 people killed in the attack and remembering the 251 people taken hostage.

An Israel Defense Forces soldier stands before the memorial of a victim of the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks at the Nova Festival grounds in Reim in southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2025.
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The anniversary falls on Sukkot, a weeklong Jewish holiday that follows Yom Kippur. Government offices are closed as are some businesses. The official government marking of the anniversary will take place on Oct. 16.

Throughout Tuesday morning, crowds of people returned to the site of the Nova Festival in southern Israel close to the Gaza frontier. They laid flowers, lit candles and held a minute's silence in memory of more than 360 people killed there by Hamas on Oct. 7.

This evening in Tel Aviv, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum will hold an event in Hostages Square. Thousands of people are expected to attend.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Oct 07, 2025, 4:58 AM EDT

Explosions rock Gaza on war anniversary

Large explosions were reported across the Gaza Strip on Tuesday as the warring parties marked the two-year anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7, 2023, attack and the start of the ongoing war in the Palestinian territory.

Smoke rises following an Israeli army bombardment in the Gaza Strip, as seen from southern Israel, on Oct. 7, 2025.
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The Hamas-run Health Ministry said in a statement on Tuesday morning that at least 67,100 people have been killed by Israeli action in Gaza since the outbreak of the conflict.

-ABC News' Joe Simonetti

Oct 06, 2025, 5:22 PM EDT

Trump says he thinks there will be a deal 'soon'

Asked if he expects a Gaza or hostage deal on Tuesday, which will mark two years since Hamas' Oct. 7 attack on Israel, President Donald Trump said, "I think we’re going to have it soon."

"It's a hard thing for me to say that when for years and years, they’ve been trying to have a deal with Gaza," Trump said while taking questions in the Oval Office on Monday. "But we're going to have a Gaza deal, I'm pretty sure, yeah."

He cited the support of countries including Turkey and Saudi Arabia in trying to reach a peace deal.

"Everybody is on our side to get this deal done," he said.

President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office at the White House, October 6, 2025 in Washington.
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