Hamas freed the last living Israeli hostages from Gaza on Monday under a ceasefire deal and Israel sent home busloads of Palestinian detainees, as U.S. President Donald Trump declared the end of the two-year long war that has upended the broader Middle East.

Trump assured reporters that Hamas would disarm under his peace agreement or he would disarm them 'perhaps violently.'

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed President Donald Trump during a gathering of Israel’s parliament for helping to broker the ceasefire deal.

President Trump held a summit with world leaders to discuss the next steps in rebuilding Gaza following the ceasefire deal.

"The war is over, you understand that," Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters. Sign up to receive the latest updates from U.S. News & World Report and our trusted partners and sponsors.

President Donald Trump is hailing the ceasefire deal he brokered between Israel and Hamas as the end of the war in Gaza and start of rebuilding the devastated territory

President Donald Trump is back in Washington after urging leaders across the Mideast to put “old feuds” aside. He met with more than 20 government leaders in Egypt to celebrate a U.S.-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas and discuss future of the largely destroyed Gaza Strip.