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Today in Focus

Can the Trump plan bring peace to Gaza?

Today in Focus

The Guardian

Daily News, News

4.65.9K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Negotiators have gathered in Egypt to discuss the US president’s 20-point plan. Is an end to the war finally in sight?. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0

This is The Guardian.

0:09.3

Today, can Trump's 20-point peace plan end the war on Gaza?

0:18.1

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0:20.3

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1:02.6

President Trump has declared that peace in the Middle East is beyond very close as he presented

1:08.1

a new plan to end the war in Gaza in the present...

1:11.2

Today marks two years since Hamas launched its shocking attack on Israel and ignited a brutal war.

1:17.9

The suffering in Gaza has been overwhelming and the hope of a ceasefire has been dangled again and again.

1:24.3

I think this meeting in Cairo is different from what we've had before because this isn't

1:28.9

simply a swap of Palestinian prisoners and Israeli hostages potentially leading to a ceasefire.

1:36.5

This is a discussion about the future of Palestine as well.

1:40.6

On Monday, negotiators assembled in Sharmul Sheikh in Egypt to hammer out the 20-point peace

1:46.0

plan announced by Donald Trump, with Benjamin Netanyahu stood at the president's side.

1:51.0

Patrick Winter, the Guardian's diplomatic editor, has been keeping a close eye on proceedings.

1:56.0

Tends to be these talks end up in some very glamorous hotel, but nobody sees very much food until right at the end of the whole process.

2:04.7

But it's going to be very tense because I think the stakes are so, so high.

2:08.4

They're under a lot of time pressure because the American president,

2:11.3

he said he wants these talks completed within as little as 72 hours.

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