Tel Aviv/Cairo, 10 October 2025 (dpa/MIA) - The Israeli government has approved the framework for the release of all hostages, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced early on Friday.

The brief post on X focused on the hostage release but did not mention other parts of US President Donald Trump's plan for ending the Gaza war.

"The government has just now approved the framework for the release of all of the hostages – the living and the deceased," the post said.

The office then shared remarks made by Netanyahu at the meeting for the approval of the hostage release framework, alongside US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner.

"We are at a momentous development. In the last two years, we've fought to achieve our war aims. And a central one of these war aims is to return the hostages. All of the hostages, the living and the dead. And we're about to achieve that," Netanyahu said.

Help from the United States and "the courage of our soldiers who entered Gaza, had a combined military and diplomatic pressure that isolated Hamas, I think, brought us to this point," Netanyahu said.

Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas reached an initial agreement early on Thursday as part of efforts to end the conflict.

The deal - brokered partly by the US - included the release of all hostages and the withdrawal of Israeli soldiers to an agreed line in Gaza.

Israel would free around 250 Palestinians serving life sentences and roughly 1,700 others detained after the Hamas-led attacks two years ago, which sparked the war.

Hamas considers war over

Earlier on Thursday, the top official for the Palestinian group abroad, Khalil al-Hayya, said Hamas viewed the Gaza war as over.

Al-Hayya noted that the Palestinian delegation received assurances from mediators and the US administration that "the war has ended completely." Al-Hayya is also the head of the Hamas negotiating delegation in the talks on a ceasefire.

Hamas has "given a response that serves the interests of the Palestinian people and spares bloodshed," he said, referring to the agreement based on the US peace plan.

"We affirm that the sacrifices of our people will not be in vain and that we will remain true to our promise and not give up the national rights of our people: to achieve freedom, independence, and self-determination."

Trump triumphant, invited to speak at Knesset

US President Donald Trump said on social media: "Last night, we reached a momentous breakthrough in the Middle East, something that people said was never going to be done. We ended the war in Gaza, and really, on a much bigger basis, created peace."

The agreement stipulates that all 48 Israeli hostages will be released within 72 hours, or their remains returned to Israel. According to Israeli information, 20 are believed to be alive.

About 200 United States troops would help monitor the Gaza ceasefire deal, US officials said. It was unclear where troops would be stationed, but the officials, who spoke anonymously, stressed that no US troops would be deployed to Gaza.

Meanwhile, the speaker of the Israeli parliament invited Trump to give a speech during his planned visit to the Middle East.

Amir Ohana said it was his "profound honour and privilege" to invite Trump to deliver a formal address to the nation before the Knesset.

"Israel awaits The Peace President," Ohana wrote on X, calling Trump "the greatest friend and ally of the Jewish people in modern history."

Trump has indicated that he plans to travel to the Middle East "very soon," possibly on Sunday.

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