World reacts to Gaza ceasefire deal announced by Trump

Israel and Hamas person agreed to the archetypal signifier of a ceasefire woody built disconnected United States President Donald Trump’s 20-point program aimed astatine ending Israel’s warfare connected Gaza.

“This means that ALL of the Hostages volition beryllium released precise soon, and Israel volition retreat their Troops to an agreed upon line”, Trump said connected his Truth Social platform, announcing the ceasefire statement precocious connected Wednesday.

Under the archetypal signifier of the plan, Hamas and different Palestinian factions are required to merchandise 20 Israeli captives held successful Gaza who are believed to beryllium alive, and the bodies of 28 others successful the Palestinian territory. Israel is required to merchandise much than 1,000 Palestinian prisoners it holds successful its jails, based connected a database shared by Hamas. This includes hundreds of radical from Gaza whom Israel has arrested since the commencement of the warfare successful October 2023.

In a abstracted telephone interrogation with Fox News connected its Hannity programme, Trump said Israeli captives held successful Gaza could beryllium released connected Monday.

Israel and Hamas subsequently confirmed the agreement, though cardinal differences stay implicit their interpretations of however Trump’s broader program is to unfold.

The announcement followed 3 days of indirect talks betwixt Hamas and Israel successful Egypt’s Red Sea edifice metropolis of Sharm el-Sheikh. Senior officials from Qatar, Turkiye, Egypt and the US had joined the delegations from Israel and Hamas connected Wednesday for those talks.

The ceasefire has not travel into unit yet, but the announcement of the woody prompted messages of congratulations and anticipation from determination and satellite leaders.

Here are immoderate of them:

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio updates President Trump connected the Gaza connection during a roundtable connected antifa connected September 22, astatine the White House successful Washington, DC, October 8, 2025 [Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters]

US President Donald Trump

“I americium precise arrogant to denote that Israel and Hamas person some signed disconnected connected the archetypal Phase of our Peace Plan,” Trump said connected Truth Social, soon aft helium received a enactment from Secretary of State Marco Rubio successful the mediate of a property briefing, telling the president that a woody was adjacent to being struck.

“All Parties volition beryllium treated fairly! This is simply a GREAT Day for the Arab and Muslim World, Israel, each surrounding Nations, and the United States of America, and we convey the mediators from Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, who worked with america to marque this Historic and Unprecedented Event happen. BLESSED ARE THE PEACEMAKERS!”

Speaking to Sean Hannity connected the telephone connected Fox News, Trump claimed that the satellite volition spot “people getting on and Gaza volition beryllium rebuilt”, adding that it is going to beryllium a “different world” and that determination volition beryllium “wealth spent successful Gaza”.

“I’m precise assured there’ll beryllium bid successful the Middle East.”

Trump has hinted that helium mightiness question to Egypt arsenic soon arsenic this weekend.

“I whitethorn spell determination sometime toward the extremity of the week, possibly connected Sunday,” helium told reporters astatine the White House earlier connected Wednesday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

“A large time for Israel,” Netanyahu said successful a connection from his Jerusalem office.

“Tomorrow I volition convene the authorities to o.k. the statement and bring each our beloved hostages home,” helium said, thanking Israeli soldiers for “their courageousness and sacrifice”.

He extended his “heartfelt thanks” to Trump and his squad “for their dedication to this ineffable ngo of freeing our hostages”.

“With God’s help, unneurotic we volition proceed to execute each our goals and grow bid with our neighbors”.

Hamas

“We highly admit the efforts of our brothers and mediators successful Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey, and we besides worth the efforts of US President Donald Trump aimed astatine ending the warfare wholly and achieving a afloat withdrawal of the concern from the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said successful a statement.

“We telephone connected President Trump, the guarantor states of the agreement, and each Arab, Islamic, and planetary parties to compel the concern authorities to afloat instrumentality its obligations nether the statement and to forestall it from evading oregon delaying the implementation of what has been agreed upon.

“We salute our large radical successful the Gaza Strip, successful Jerusalem and the West Bank, and passim our homeland and the diaspora, who person demonstrated unparalleled honor, courage, and heroism — confronting the fascist concern projects that targeted them and their nationalist rights. These sacrifices and steadfast positions person thwarted the Israeli occupation’s schemes of subjugation and displacement.

“We affirm that the sacrifices of our radical volition not beryllium successful vain, and that we volition stay existent to our pledge — ne'er abandoning our people’s nationalist rights until freedom, independence, and self-determination are achieved.”

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

“I invited the announcement of an statement to unafraid a ceasefire and hostage merchandise successful Gaza, based connected the connection enactment guardant by President Donald J Trump. I commend the diplomatic efforts of the United States, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey successful brokering this desperately needed breakthrough,” Guterres said successful a statement.

“I impulse each acrophobic to abide afloat by the presumption of the agreement. All hostages indispensable beryllium released successful a dignified manner. A imperishable ceasefire indispensable beryllium secured. The warring indispensable halt erstwhile and for all.”

The person of the UN stressed the request for “immediate and unimpeded introduction of humanitarian supplies and indispensable commercialized materials into Gaza” truthful that the suffering could end.

“The United Nations volition enactment the afloat implementation of the statement and volition standard up the transportation of sustained and principled humanitarian relief, and we volition beforehand betterment and reconstruction efforts successful Gaza,” Guterres added.

He mentioned however the bid talks should beryllium the starting constituent to “achieving a two-state solution that enables Israelis and Palestinians to unrecorded successful bid and security”.

“I impulse each stakeholders to seize this momentous accidental to found a credible political path guardant towards ending the occupation, recognizing the close to self-determination of the Palestinian radical … The stakes person ne'er been higher.”

Qatar

Qatar has led mediation efforts to extremity the warfare implicit the past 2 years. Earlier this week, Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani headed to Egypt to enactment successful the ceasefire talks, underscoring the urgency of efforts to extremity the war.

“The mediators denote that contiguous an statement was reached connected each the provisions and implementation mechanisms of the archetypal signifier of the Gaza ceasefire agreement, which volition pb to ending the war, the merchandise of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners, and the introduction of aid,” Qatar’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said aft the announcement of the ceasefire deal.

Talking astir the agreement, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Majed al-Ansari said connected X that “details volition beryllium announced later”.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer

Starmer urged that the statement connected the archetypal signifier of Trump’s program for Gaza indispensable beryllium implemented successful afloat without delay.

“I invited the quality that a woody has been reached connected the archetypal signifier of President Trump’s bid program for Gaza. This statement indispensable present beryllium implemented successful full, without delay, and accompanied by the contiguous lifting of each restrictions connected life-saving humanitarian assistance to Gaza,” helium said successful a statement.

We invited the statement connected the archetypal signifier of President Trump's bid plan. This is besides a reflection of the beardown enactment of PM Netanyahu.

We anticipation the merchandise of hostages and enhanced humanitarian assistance to the radical of Gaza volition bring respite to them and pave the way…

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) October 9, 2025

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Modi welcomed the archetypal signifier agreement, calling it a measurement towards lasting bid successful the region.

“We invited the statement connected the archetypal signifier of President Trump’s bid plan. This is besides a reflection of the beardown enactment of PM Netanyahu,” Modi said successful a station connected X.

“We anticipation the merchandise of hostages and enhanced humanitarian assistance to the radical of Gaza volition bring respite to them and pave the mode for lasting peace.”

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters

“Hamas needs to merchandise each of the hostages and Israel indispensable retreat their troops to the agreed-upon line,” Peters said successful a statement.

“This is an indispensable archetypal measurement towards achieving lasting peace. We impulse Israel and Hamas to proceed moving towards a implicit resolution.”