U.S. President Donald Trump gestures as he disembarks from Air Drive One upon arrival at Ben Gurion Airport on the outskirts of Lod close to Tel Aviv on October 13, 2025, as he travels to Israel and Egypt.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday declared the struggle within the Center East is over, as he started a momentous journey to the area to finalize a peace deal for Gaza.
Trump arrived in Tel Aviv earlier Monday to mark the discharge of Israeli hostages by Hamas after greater than two years in captivity.
As he arrived on the the Israeli parliament, the Knesset the place he was as a consequence of communicate, Trump instructed reporters that Hamas will disarm, based on feedback reported by Reuters. When requested whether or not the struggle was over, he instructed reporters “sure.”
Twenty Israeli hostages are anticipated to be launched in whole on Monday, in addition to 28 further captives — together with 26 confirmed lifeless and two whose standing stays unsure. In trade for the hostages, Israel is because of launch nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
Trump will handle the Israeli parliament after assembly with hostage households. He’s then as a consequence of journey to Sharm El-Sheikh in Egypt for a significant worldwide summit with round 20 different world leaders to finalize an settlement to finish the struggle in Gaza.
The primary section of Trump’s peace deal for Gaza and the discharge of Israeli hostages is being hailed as an excellent humanitarian and geopolitical growth, however one with a restricted financial influence.
“It reveals that the U.S. can get outcomes if it wields its nonetheless unsurpassed international clout the suitable means,” Holger Schmieding, chief economist at Berenberg Financial institution famous Monday.
“The influence on the worldwide economic system and markets ought to stay very restricted, although. If the Houthis cease disrupting delivery via the Crimson Sea, international transport prices could fall barely. If tensions within the Center East subside a lot additional, the worldwide influence could possibly be extra pronounced in the long term – however that continues to be a really huge if,” Schmieding famous.