Israel approves Gaza ceasefire plan
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 October 2025
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Israel's government has agreed to the first phase of President Trump's plan to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of all remaining Israeli hostages. A ceasefire is expected to take effect within 24 hours, with hostage releases to follow within three days. Under the deal, Israel would free hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, begin withdrawing troops from parts of Gaza, and allow hundreds of aid trucks to enter the Strip. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has hailed the move as a 'momentous development' and thanked President Trump, as well as US aides Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner. Also: a man convicted of raping Gisèle Pelicot, the woman at the centre of a high-profile trial in France, has had his sentence extended; New York’s Attorney General, Letitia James, has been indicted on federal charges of bank fraud; India's southern state of Karnataka has approved a plan to grant one day of paid menstrual leave per month; how a new AI arms race is transforming the war in Ukraine; a behind-the-scenes look at the race for the Nobel Peace Prize; and why the DNA of naked mole rats could hold the key to a longer life.
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| 0:36.1 | Israel's government approves President Trump's |
| 0:38.2 | plan for a Gaza's ceasefire and hostage and prisoner release. Weeks after the former FBI |
| 0:43.4 | director James Comey's indictment, another perceived foe of Donald Trump, the New York Attorney |
| 0:48.9 | General, Leticia James, is also criminally charged. |
| 1:01.1 | Also in this podcast, new research on why naked mole rats have such long lifespans. |
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| 1:19.0 | A day after President Trump's triumphant announcement that Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first |
| 1:25.4 | phase of his plan to end the war in Gaza, it has been |
| 1:29.1 | formally approved by the Israeli government. The deal will see the last hostages brought home |
| 1:35.3 | and hundreds of Palestinian prisoners released and a ceasefire taking place with a partial |
| 1:40.7 | Israeli military pullback. Israeli attacks continued before the official start of the ceasefire |
| 1:46.6 | with several people reported killed. |
| 1:49.5 | Earlier, Hamas said it had received assurances from the United States and other mediators |
| 1:54.1 | that its war with Israel had come to what it called a complete end. |
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