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Shai Gracher, one of the world’s greatest Baalei Chesed, gives iPhones, iPads and other devices to released hostages. Mi kiamcha yisroel!

Singing “Asher Bochar Banu” at Hakafos Sheniyos at the location where the Nova Festival took place on October 7.

Sec Scott Bessent: “We believe that the shutdown may start costing the U.S. economy up to $15 billion a day, and this is a decision the Democrats are making… I am calling for the moderate Democrats to be heroes and reopen the government for the American people.”

Mexican cartels have directed U.S.-based groups — including Chicago street gangs — to surveil, intimidate, and even kill federal agents.

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President Trump says Hamas has told his top aides that it will disarm, and that the terror group could be dealt with “violently” if it refuses do so. “I spoke to Hamas, and I said, ‘You’re going to disarm, right?’ ‘Yes, sir. We’re going to disarm.’ — That’s what they told me. They will disarm or we will disarm them,” Trump tells reporters at the White House. “We have told them we want disarm, and they will disarm. And if they don’t disarm, we will disarm them, and it’ll happen quickly and perhaps violently, but they will disarm,” he says. “Do you understand me? … They will disarm.” Pressed on how he plans to go about doing that, Trump says, “I don’t have to explain that to you… They know I’m not playing games.”

Since Monday, Hamas has released the bodies of seven deceased hostages and one body that it claimed was a hostage but was revealed by the IDF to be an unknown Gazan. The bodies of 19 other hostages will remain in Gaza. A joint international task force is to be established to locate the missing bodies, and an Egyptian team is already operating in the Strip to locate and extract deceased hostages.

President Donald Trump joined the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey on Tuesday in signing a declaration aimed at cementing the Gaza ceasefire, as dozens of world leaders gathered for a summit in the Egyptian resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh. “The document is going to spell out rules and regulations and lots of other things,” Trump told reporters before the signing, adding twice that “it’s going to hold up.” The White House later described the accord on social media as the “Gaza Peace Plan for peace in the Middle East.” The declaration, signed by Trump alongside Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, comes amid efforts to finalize the agreement between Israel and Hamas that secured the release of hostages and an end to fighting. Sissi opened the summit with brief remarks introducing Trump, calling the ceasefire “a foundation for stability” and reaffirming that a two-state solution remains “the only path” toward lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. He said Egypt would work with the United States and regional partners to launch a reconstruction and development conference for Gaza “in the coming days.” Trump, speaking alongside Sissi before their bilateral meeting, praised the Egyptian president as “a powerful leader” and credited him with bringing a wide coalition of nations to the summit. “They wanted to get Gaza straightened out. They wanted to get the whole thing straightened out,” Trump said. “It got to a point where it was just crazy.” He added that global fears of “World War Three starting in the Middle East” were no longer warranted. Roughly 35 foreign leaders attended the gathering, including Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, marking his first in-person meeting with Trump since the president’s return to office. Netanyahu was notably absent, having withdrawn at the last minute, citing the start of Simchas Torah, though diplomatic sources said Erdogan and several other Muslim leaders had threatened to boycott the event if Netanyahu attended. Trump stood before a “Peace 2025” backdrop as he greeted each visiting leader individually before a group photo. The U.S. president also thanked mediators for helping reach the ceasefire, which includes the return of remaining deceased hostages held by Hamas. Israel has so far received only four of the 28 bodies expected. “It’s a pretty gruesome task,” he said. “They know the areas [where they’re located] and they’re doing it in conjunction with Israel, and they’re going to be finding quite a few of them.” U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio praised Egypt’s mediation efforts, saying the deal represents “one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years.” “It’s not simply about restoring Gaza,” Rubio said. “It is about transforming the region.” Special envoy Steve Witkoff, who has led negotiations alongside Jared Kushner, said implementation work had already begun and that he and his team would “be in Egypt quite a bit” in the weeks ahead. Sissi, in his closing remarks, said Egypt would ensure the agreement’s full implementation, including the release of remaining hostages and the delivery of humanitarian aid into Gaza. Asked whether Sissi would join the “Board of Peace” that Trump’s plan envisions to oversee Gaza’s transitional government, Trump replied, “I’d like to have him on the board. I’d like to have many leaders […]

Israel is accusing Hamas of deliberately delaying the return of the bodies of slain hostages, rejecting the terror group’s claim that it needs more time to collect all 28 remains promised under the ceasefire deal, Channel 12 reports. Hamas has so far released only four bodies, which are currently being transferred out of Gaza by the IDF. The group told mediators that “limitations beyond our control and constraints in the field” prevented it from handing over more. It did not claim to have lost track of the bodies, only that retrieving them would take additional time. Some of the hostages’ remains may also be in areas currently under IDF control. The four caskets handed over to the Red Cross earlier this evening in southern Gaza are said by Hamas to be those of Guy Illouz, Yossi Sharabi, Bipin Joshi, and IDF Capt. Daniel Perez. The Red Cross transferred the bodies to the IDF, which said the caskets will be taken to the Abu Kabir Forensic Institute in Tel Aviv for identification, a process that could take up to two days. Before the caskets were taken out of Gaza, the IDF held a short ceremony led by a military rabbi. The caskets were draped in Israeli flags as troops saluted and recited Tehillim. Israeli officials are skeptical of Hamas’s explanation and believe the terror group is intentionally stalling. “We have been informed that later today, approximately four fallen hostages will be returned. Even at this hour, efforts are being made at all levels to exert pressure for the continuation of the process to return the bodies of the fallen,” IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Effie Defrin said earlier in a video statement. “We demand that Hamas uphold its part of the agreement. We do not forget them for a moment and will not rest until all return to their families and to burial in Israel.” Israel has not confirmed that the bodies are those of the hostages Hamas claims. In a previous handover on February 20, 2025, Hamas gave Israel four bodies it said were those of hostages Shiri Bibas, her sons Ariel and Kfir, and Oded Lifshitz. Forensic testing later revealed that one of the bodies belonged to an unidentified Palestinian woman from Gaza, rather than that of Shiri Bibas. Hamas later transferred Bibas’s actual remains the following day. The IDF says it will verify the identities of the latest four remains before making any official confirmation. (YWN World Headquarters – NYC)

President Trump boards Air Force One en route to the U.S. following the historic Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt.

WATCH: Timelapse video shows dozens of world leaders in Egypt taking turns to meet President Trump on stage.

BREAKING: President Trump and Middle Eastern leaders sign the historic Gaza peace deal following the release of the final 20 living Israeli hostages from Gaza.

President Trump stands at the center of a photo with dozens of world leaders, all gathered for today’s historic international Gaza Peace Summit in Egypt.

DESPICABLE REMARK: CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, a notorious Jew-hater, says that the Israeli hostages have “probably been treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns & the chips that Hamas had.”

Al-Araby TV broadcasts footage of the Red Cross convoy en route to the Kissufim Crossing after collecting the remains of hostages.

SEC. RUBIO: “This is clearly — in my mind and I think in the mind of everyone in this room — probably one of the most important days for world peace in 50 years, and that’s not an exaggeration.”

President Trump on negotiations over the next phase of the Gaza Peace Deal: “It started, as far as we’re concerned… In the other room, you have some of the wealthiest nations in the world… I think you’ll see some tremendous progress.”