The world on Monday celebrated the release of the remaining hostages taken by Hamas in the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks, as the first phase in the U.S.-brokered ceasefire plan held in the shaken region. Fighting paused in Gaza for a third day on Sunday in advance of the expected release of the 20 Israeli hostages and 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, in the first phase of Trump’s 20-point peace proposal intended to end the more than two-year-long Israel-Hamas war. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi announced during the ceremony to celebrate the signing of the ceasefire agreement that he was awarding Trump the “Order of the Nile,” the highest state honor awarded by Egypt for exceptional public service to the nation or humanity.
Author: Kathryn Palmer and Bart Jansen, USA TODAY
Published at: 2025-10-12 20:46:08
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