A Hamas gunman watches from the side of the road as vehicles of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) leave with the second batch of Israeli living hostages released by Hamas in Deir el-Balah in the central Gaza Strip, on October 13, 2025. (Bashar TALEB / AFP)
'Implementation steps' for Trump proposal to end Gaza war

Full text of Oct. 9 Israel-Hamas deal on Trump’s plan for ‘comprehensive end’ to Gaza war

Agreement says Hamas must release all living hostages, and all dead hostages it can, and ‘share all the information it obtained’ on remaining dead hostages, within 72 hours of Israeli withdrawal

by · The Times of Israel

The following is the text of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage agreement that Israel and Hamas signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, 2025, based on a proposal set forth by US President Donald Trump.

The one-page document, a copy of which was first obtained by Kan News, is signed on Israel’s behalf by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.

According to the signed document, appended to the agreement is a map of Israel’s gradual withdrawal from Gaza, a list of “humanitarian aid and relief implementation steps” and a list of 48 living and dead hostages to be released by Hamas.

Israel staged its initial withdrawal in Gaza on October 10. On October 13, Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages per the agreement, but only four of the 28 deceased hostages. In exchange, Israel released 250 Palestinian security prisoners, over 1,700 Gazans detained amid the war in Gaza who were uninvolved in the October 7 onslaught, and a first batch of bodies.

Implementation steps for President Trump’s proposal for a
“Comprehensive End of Gaza War”

Implementation steps:

1. President Trump announces the end to the war in the Gaza Strip, and that the parties have agreed to implement the necessary steps to that end.

2. The war will immediately end upon the approval of the Israeli government. All military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment and targeting operations, will be suspended. During the 72-hour period, aerial surveillance will be suspended over the areas from which IDF forces have withdrawn.

3. Immediate commencement of full entry of humanitarian aid and relief as determined in the Proposal, and at a minimum in consistence with the 19 January 2025 agreement regarding humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid and relief implementation steps are attached herewith.

4. The IDF will withdraw to lines agreed upon as per map X attached herewith, and this will be completed after President Trump’s announcement and within 24 hours of Israeli government approval. The IDF will not return to areas that have been withdrawn from, as long as Hamas fully implements the agreement.

A document entitled “Implementation Steps for President Trump’s Proposal for a ‘Comprehensive End of Gaza War,'” signed by representatives of Israel (Ron Dermer), Hamas and mediating nations in Egypt on October 9, 2025. (Kan News)

5. Within 72 hours of the withdrawal of Israeli forces, all Israeli hostages, living and deceased, held in Gaza will be released (list attached).

  • a. As soon as the IDF completes the withdrawal, Hamas will commence investigating the status of the hostages and collect all information pertaining to them. Hamas will provide feedback and on its findings through the information-sharing mechanism under 5.e below. Israel will provide information on the Palestinian prisoners and detainees from the Gaza Strip held in Israel.
  • b. Within the 72 hours, Hamas will release all living hostages including those held by Palestinian factions in Gaza.
  • c. Within the 72 hours, Hamas will release the remains of the deceased hostages in its possession and those in the possession of the Palestinian factions in Gaza.
  • d. Hamas will share, within the 72 hours, all the information it obtained relating to any remaining deceased hostages through the information-sharing mechanism in paragraph (e) below. Israel will provide information on the remains of the deceased Gazans held by Israel.
  • e. Establishment of an information-sharing mechanism between the two sides through the mediators and the ICRC, to exchange information and intelligence on any remaining deceased hostages that were not retrieved within the 72 hours or remains of Gazans held by Israel. The mechanism shall ensure that the remains of all the hostages are fully and safely exhumed and released. Hamas shall exert maximum effort to ensure the fulfilment of these commitments as soon as possible.
  • f. As Hamas releases all the hostages, Israeli will release in parallel the corresponding number of Palestinian prisoners as per the attached lists.
  • g. The exchange of hostages and prisoners will be done according to the mechanism agreed upon through the mediators and through the ICRC without any public ceremonies or media coverage.

6. A task force will be formed of representatives from the United States, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey and other countries to be agreed upon by the parties, to follow-up on the implementation with the two sides and coordinate with them.