Negotiating over Trump's peace plan for Gaza
Post Reports
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🗓️ 7 October 2025
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
It is now Day 2 of peace talks in the region, with delegations from Israel and Hamas meeting in Egypt in an attempt to end the conflict. The peace deal – which was originally proposed by President Trump – would look to end fighting, secure the release of all remaining hostages and increase humanitarian aid to Gaza.
After two years of deadly assault on the Palestinian enclave, the two sides will also look to negotiate Gaza’s security and political future.
Today on “Post Reports,” host Colby Itkowitz is joined by Washington Post foreign policy reporter Michael Birnbaum. He discusses who will be at the table for both sides, what the future of Gaza could look like and why these talks look to be developing differently than ones in the past.
Today’s show was produced by Rennie Svirnovskiy with help from Lucas Trevor and Sabby Robinson. It was edited by Reena Flores and mixed by Sam Bair.
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| 0:31.9 | My name is Claire Parker and I'm the Cairo Bureau Chief for the Washington Post. I'm close to the Red Sea Resort Town of Charmelsheikh, which is on Egypt-Sinai Peninsula. |
| 0:42.3 | It's pretty hot here, and it's a beach town where normally it's just filled with tourists. |
| 0:47.9 | But the past two days, it's also played host to talks between Israel and Hamas over Trump's peace plan to end the war in Gaza. |
| 1:00.3 | My colleague Claire is reporting from Egypt right now at a critical time. Today is exactly two |
| 1:06.6 | years since October 7, 2023. That's the day Hamas launched a surprise attack on Israel. |
| 1:14.9 | They targeted communities on the country's border with Gaza, killing 1,200 people in their |
| 1:19.9 | homes and at a music festival. |
| 1:22.5 | They also took 251 hostages. |
| 1:26.4 | Israel's retaliation has devastated Gaza. They've killed more than 60,000 people there. |
| 1:32.4 | 170,000 more have been injured in drone strikes and ground operations. Millions are being |
| 1:38.2 | starved. Their homes destroyed. Now there are glimmers of hope for an end to the war. |
| 1:45.5 | On Tuesday, Israel and Hamas entered a second day of peace talks, the closest they've come to a peace deal in a long time. |
| 1:53.6 | It's been difficult to understand precisely how things are going as the talks only began yesterday, and they are conducted under intense secrecy. |
| 2:05.2 | So it's hard to know how soon we'll reach an agreement to ceasefire, |
| 2:10.4 | and then beyond that, how soon or whether the parties will agree at all |
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