<p>Senior Hamas official Osama Hamdan says new agreement guarantees 'final cessation of the war in Gaza,' with US oversight to ensure Israel’s compliance.</p>

<p>A senior Hamas official has claimed that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "is trying, in the past few hours, to place large obstacles in the path of the prisoner issue in order to create a crisis which will block the path to a deal."</p><p>Hamas has insisted that Israel free archterrorists responsible for the deaths of hundreds of Israelis and whose freedom would inspire others to carry out acts of terror.</p><p> </p>

Tikva Forum for families of hostages and fallen soldiers acknowledges Trump deal's risk to Israeli public, demands Israel prevent future kidnappings.

List of prisoners on Hamas' list includes Marwan Barghouti, Abdullah Barghouti, Ahmad Sa'adat, Ibrahim Hamad, Abbas al-Sayeed, and Hassan Salamah; PM's Office clarifies ceasefire has not yet taken effect.

<p>Two IDF soldiers were lightly injured Wednesday night after an explosive device detonated in northern Gaza.</p><p>The soldiers were evacuated to the hospital for medical treatment and their families were informed.</p>

President Donald Trump is set to arrive in Israel on Saturday night following the Gaza hostage deal, with plans to address the Knesset and meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s brother-in-law Dr. Hagai Ben-Artzi warns against deal with Hamas, says it means 'signing approval for the next massacre with our own hands.'

Hungarian novelist László Krasznahorkai, born to a Jewish family in Gyula, is honored with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for his visionary and apocalyptic prose.