Israel and Hamas SIGN Donald Trump's peace plan in 'fantastic, wonderful and great day for the world'

"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 steps toward a strong, durable, and everlasting peace.

"All parties will be treated fairly! This is a GREAT day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, all surrounding nations, and the United States of America, and we thank the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with us to make this historic and unprecedented event happen.

"Blessed are the peacemakers!"

He later said: "The whole world has come together on this one, Israel, every country has come together. This has been a fantastic day. This is a great day for the world. This is a wonderful day, a wonderful day for everybody."

Under the sprawling 20-point plan, the Gaza Strip will be “deradicalised and redeveloped”, Hamas’s Israeli hostages will be released after more than two years, and Sir Tony Blair will be brought in to head up a so-called “Board of Peace”.

This includes the release of all Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners and the entry of aid.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pledged to ensure the release of all the hostages saying: "With God's help, we will bring them all home."

It is understood he will convene his Government on Thursday to approve the agreement.

Israel is understood to be expecting the first hostages to be released on Saturday.

Hamas, meanwhile, called on Mr Trump and other "guarantor states" to ensure Israel implements the deal.

The terrorist group had already confirmed the list of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners to be exchanged.

The deal was struck a day after the two-year anniversary of Hamas's massacre in southern Israel which sparked the conflict.

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Around 1,200 people were killed on October 7, 2023, and 251 were taken hostage back to Gaza.

It is believed of the 48 hostages who are still in Gaza, 20 are alive.

Earlier on Wednesday, Mr Trump said that he might travel to Egypt this weekend.

The country is where his envoys had been holding the talks trying to seal the agreement.

In a moment reminiscent of George W Bush being told of the 9/11 attacks, the President was handed a note by Marco Rubio during a White House event on Wednesday.

Mr Trump said: "I was just given a note by the Secretary of State saying that we're very close to a deal in the Middle East, and they're going to need me pretty quickly."

"You need to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first," the handwritten note said. Just minutes later, the post was published.

Mr Trump has long strived to be seen as a peacemaker President, and during his first year back in office has already received three nominations for the Nobel Peace Prize.

One had already come from Mr Netanyahu after Mr Trump bombed Iran's nuclear facilities in June.

Another came from Pakistan after the Commander-in-Chief ensured a ceasefire between the nation and India, and the most recent was after he intervened in the conflict between Cambodia and Thailand.

After the deal on Wednesday, the White House released an image of Mr Trump captioned "the Peace President".

The winner of the prize is set to be announced on Friday.

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