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Israel Today: Ongoing War Report - Update from 2025-10-11 at 20:05
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Ceasefire framework approved, hostage plan outlined
Israeli reservist dies as Gaza toll climbs
Leaked docs reveal Arab-Israel tunnel pact
The time is now 4:01 PM in New York, I'm Noa Levi and this is the latest Israel Today: Ongoing War Report.
At four in the afternoon, here is your hourly briefing on the region’s latest developments.
A United States-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, announced in Sharm el-Sheikh, is designed to halt fighting in Gaza and set the stage for a phased agreement. The framework calls for an Israeli withdrawal to lines agreed in the Trump-era plan, followed by a staged hostage release. In the first phase, 48 hostages would be freed in exchange for 250 Palestinian prisoners serving life terms and 1,700 Palestinian security inmates detained during the Gaza operations. A 72-hour window would begin for the initial hostage releases, after which further steps toward a longer-term peace framework would be negotiated. Israel’s cabinet has approved the ceasefire framework as the first step in a broader effort to end the war and restore stability to the Gaza Strip.
In Israel, a reservist's death is being mourned as the war’s toll continues to mount. Master Sergeant Shmuel Gad Rahamim, 31, from Givat Ze’ev, of the Southern Brigade’s 7015th Battalion, died from wounds sustained in Gaza earlier this week. Two other reservists were wounded in the same incident, which occurred at an IDF post near Khan Younis. An investigative panel led by a senior commander has been established to determine the circumstances of the blast. With Rahamim’s passing, the military notes three police officers and several civilian contractors among those who have died in the course of the Gaza operations. The overall Israeli toll in the Gaza conflict and related border actions remains significant as ground operations continue alongside the ceasefire process.
On the US and allied front, President Trump’s team continues to frame support for the plan. Ivanka Trump told a Tel Aviv audience that her father sees the people of Israel, hears them, and stands with them in pursuing peace through strength in close partnership with Israel. In remarks aligned with the ceasefire narrative, a senior Trump envoy in Tel Aviv reiterated Washington’s position that Israeli forces had withdrawn to the lines proposed in the Trump ceasefire framework, a point corroborated by CENTCOM leadership in other public statements.
Iran dismissed any notion of normalizing relations with Israel, calling the idea wishful thinking. Tehran reiterated that it will not recognize an occupying regime it says has committed genocide and killed children, signaling continued resistance to any broad rapprochement with Israel even as regional diplomacy proceeds.
Leaked US documents have shed light on a clandestine regional security network in which at least six Arab states participated in collaboration with Israel on countering Iran and on tunnel warfare. The disclosures portray a level of intelligence sharing and joint training that public statements have not fully reflected, underscoring the complexity of regional security dynamics as negotiations proceed.
In Europe, anti-Israel demonstrations continued in London, with organizers arguing that the Gaza ceasefire does not address the conflict’s root causes. Protesters clashed with pro-Israel counterdemonstrators at times, drawing attention to ongoing debates about the path to long-term peace in the region.
France is also in transition headlines, as reports point to a government reshuffle under President Macron. Sebastian Lecornu is cited as a potential successor or a key figure in the new administration, reflecting ongoing political recalibrations as the country positions itself in relation to broader Middle East policy and security matters.
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