Hamas accepts Trump’s peace plan, will return all hostages

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🗓️ 9 October 2025

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would meet today to approve the agreement and “bring all our dear hostages home.” Hamas similarly announced that it had reached “an agreement that ends the war in Gaza, provides for the withdrawal of the occupation, allows the entry of aid, and implements a prisoner exchange.” Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and spent 491 days in captivity. He was encouraged by a sentence one of his fellow hostages shared with the others: “He who has a why can bear any how.” Jesus’ call is to live with him and for him, to know him intimately and then to make him known publicly. The more emphatically our post-Christian culture rejects this call, the more courageously you and I must embrace it.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Thursday, October the 9th, 2025 edition of Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast.
0:09.3	Today's daily article is written by cultural theologian Dr. Jim Denison and narrated by yours truly, Chris Elkins.
0:18.1	President Trump wrote yesterday evening on Truth Social, quote,
0:22.2	I am very proud to announce that Israel and Hamas have both signed off on the first phase of our peace plan.
0:29.3	This means that all of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed-upon line as the first step toward a strong,
0:40.3	durable, and everlasting peace, end quote.
0:43.8	Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would meet today to approve
0:48.9	the agreement and bring all our dear hostages home.
0:53.0	Hamas similarly announced that it had reached an agreement that
0:57.1	ends the war in Gaza, provides for the withdrawal of the occupation, allows the entry of aid,
1:04.1	and implements a prisoner exchange. If Israel's ministers approve the deal,
1:10.0	the IDF must withdraw from Gaza to the agreed line, which would likely happen within 24 hours.
1:16.8	The 72-hour clock would then begin where Hamas must release the living hostages, which would likely occur on Monday, though the return of the bodies of the deceased hostages will take longer.
1:30.1	Once the hostages are returned, Israel is expected to release 250 Palestinians in Israeli prisons
1:37.5	and 1,700 Palestinians who have been detained in Gaza during the conflict.
1:43.1	The hostages families released a statement.
1:46.5	Their return is a condition for the rehabilitation and revival of Israeli society as a whole.
1:53.6	We will not rest or be quiet until the return of the last hostage. We will bring them back.
2:00.4	We will rise. If you were wondering what life
2:04.1	has been like for Israelis held captive by Hamas for two years, I strongly urge you to read
2:09.8	Eli Shirabi's new book, Hostage. He was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th and spent 491 days in captivity. His memoir is deeply painful to read
2:21.8	as he describes the brutal torture, horrifically inhumane conditions, and near starvation he
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