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High-stakes talks over Trump’s Gaza peace plan

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President Trump’s advisors are part of high-stakes negotiations in Egypt to implement Trump’s Gaza peace plan. It comes on the eve of the second anniversary of the Hamas terror attacks. NBC News’ Richard Engel reports. 



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Savewith a NBCUniversal ProfileCreate your free profile or log in to save this articleOct. 6, 2025, 6:32 AM EDT / Updated Oct. 6, 2025, 4:37 PM EDTBy Alexander SmithIsrael and Hamas began indirect peace talks Monday, with hopes it could represent the best chance yet to end the two-year war and free the remaining hostages from Gaza.Egypt’s state-owned Al-Qahera News television station reported that the talks began with a meeting between Arab mediators and the Hamas delegation. Mediators will then meet with the Israeli delegation, the station said.Egyptian and Qatari mediators will discuss the outcome of their meetings with both parties, before U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff joins the talks, it said.”I really think we’re going to have a deal. We have a really good chance of making a deal, and it will be a lasting deal,” President Donald Trump told reporters at a media gathering Monday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said at a briefing Monday that Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner were holding talks with “their respective parties from all sides.””The president wants to see a ceasefire. He wants to see the hostages released, and the technical teams are discussing that as we speak to ensure that the environment is perfect to release those hostages,” Leavitt said. “They’re going over the lists of both the Israeli hostages and also the political prisoners who will be released. And those talks are underway, and the president is very much on the ball and is being apprised of this situation.”On the anniversary eve of Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, terror attack, and subsequent military operation by Israel, representatives from all sides arrived in the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to discuss a 20-point peace plan tabled by Trump to halt the conflict.Hamas’ delegation is being led by senior official Khalil Al-Hayya, whom Israel tried to assassinate with a strike on Qatar last month. Al-Hayya, whom Israeli President Isaac Herzog described as a “murderous terrorist” in the wake of the Qatar strike, arrived in Egypt early Monday, Hamas said in a statement.Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Washington.Will Oliver / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesIsrael’s delegation will be led by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office Sunday. The two sides have agreed on parts of Trump’s proposal.Witkoff and Kushner traveled to Egypt to help hammer out the deal’s remaining sticking points, a senior White House official told NBC News on Saturday.Trump called the talks “very successful, and proceeding rapidly,” and said Monday’s meetings was just a case of technical teams clarifying “final details.” He wrote in a social media post that “the first phase should be completed this week.”Bishara Bahbah, a Palestinian American mediator, said in an interview that Hamas leaders were optimistic about the prospects of arriving at an agreement and feel specifically reassured by Trump’s recent comments. They believe Trump is the only person who can pressure Netanyahu into a deal, Bahbah added.Bahbah said he believes Hamas is unlikely to walk away from the talks without a deal, though “Hamas wants assurances that the war has truly ended and there will be no going back to the war and no Israeli violations” of the agreement, he said.On Monday, the Hostages Families Forum Headquarters, a group that coordinates efforts for those still held in Gaza, sent an “urgent letter” to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, “strongly urging” the body to award the Nobel Peace Prize to the American president this week “for his unprecedented contributions to global peace.”A senior Arab negotiator directly involved in the talks told NBC News on Monday, “A deal will happen if President Trump keeps pushing.”A child sits in the rubble Wednesday at an UNRWA school in Gaza heavily damaged by Israeli attacks.Hamza Z. H. Qraiqea / Anadolu via Getty ImagesSecretary of State Marco Rubio was cooler, telling NBC News’ “Meet the Press” on Sunday that finding a resolution would take “some time” and that “there’s some work that remains to be done.”It came as Israel said it deported 171 activists, including the campaigner Greta Thunberg, who sailed toward Gaza on an aid flotilla. The detainees, whose vessels were boarded by Israeli military personnel, were deported to Greece and Slovakia, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The first phase of the talks will deal with the release of the remaining 48 hostages, some 20 of whom are believed to still be alive, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held in Israel.The plan also calls for the end of fighting and the withdrawal of Israeli forces. Hamas agreed to some of this proposal Friday, while sidestepping Trump’s call for it to disband and disarm.On Sunday, Hamas leader Mahmoud Mardawi denied as baseless reports in Arab media that the group had agreed to lay down its weapons.Israel says it agrees with the plan, buoying the yearslong, impassioned domestic campaign by families and supporters of the hostages to cease fighting so they can be brought home.Ohad Ben Ami, 56, was released in February, having been kidnapped from kibbutz Be’eri, in southern Israel, and held captive for 491 days. On Sunday, he showed NBC News the place where he was taken on Oct. 7.”When we were down there” in the deep Gaza tunnel where he was held, he said he was told “many times there was a deal in the air,” he said. “We were very happy and on a high, then they say, ‘no it’s collapsed’ and we were very depressed.”A protest organixed by the families of the Israeli hostages, outside Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem on Saturday.Ahmad Gharabli / AFP via Getty ImagesStill, Netanyahu faces pressure from his own government over negotiations. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich said on X that stopping attacks on Gaza would be a “grave mistake.”In Gaza, many Palestinians are desperate for an end to the bombardment that has killed more than 67,000 people, most of them women and children, according to the Health Ministry. Some 78% of buildings have either been damaged or destroyed.The prospect of an agreement has not stopped the Israeli attacks. Gaza’s Hamas-run Government Media Office said Sunday that Israel had carried out 131 airstrikes on Gaza over the past 48 hours, killing 94 Palestinians.Israel launched the offensive after Hamas’ Oct. 7 terror attack, in which some 1,200 were killed and another 250 kidnapped.Though freeing the hostages would be a “significant achievement and a fulfillment of a principal war objective,” IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir warned his troops to be ready.“The operation is not over; we must remain alert and ready for combat at all times,” he said in a statement Sunday. “If the political effort does not succeed, we will return to fight.”Alexander SmithAlexander Smith is a senior reporter for NBC News Digital based in London.Reuters, Yarden Segev, Marc Smith, Richard Engel, Matt Bradley, Tara Prindiville and The Associated Press contributed.
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Oct. 30, 2025, 5:23 PM EDTBy Natasha KoreckiCHICAGO — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Thursday flatly rejected a request by Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker to suspend immigration enforcements in the Chicago area until after Halloween.Pritzker cited children’s safety and an incident from Saturday in which Customs and Border Protection agents deployed tear gas in a neighborhood where kids were preparing for a Halloween parade.In turning down the request, Noem also cited children’s safety.“We’re absolutely not willing to put on pause any work that we will do to keep communities safe,” Noem said at a news conference in Gary, Indiana, on Thursday. “The fact that Gov. Pritzker is asking for that is shameful and, I think, unfortunate that he doesn’t recognize how important the work is that we do to make sure we’re bringing criminals to justice and getting them off our streets, especially when we’re going to send all of our kiddos out on the streets and going to events and enjoying the holiday season.”Noem made the comments amid a firestorm of controversy in the Chicago area, as a spasm of immigration enforcement operations devolved into chaotic confrontations with residents and activists in which immigration officers deployed chemical agents. In a widely reported event over the weekend, they used tear gas in the Old Irving Park neighborhood, just as kids and families were gathering for a Halloween parade. Pritzker appeared to reference the incident in his letter to Noem.“I am respectfully requesting you suspend enforcement operations from Friday, October 31 to Sunday, November 2 in and around homes, schools, hospitals, parks, houses of worship, and other community gatherings where Halloween celebrations are taking place. Illinois families deserve to spend Halloween weekend without fear,” Pritzker wrote in a letter sent to Noem. “No child should be forced to inhale tear gas or other chemical agents while trick or treating in their own neighborhood.” A federal judge earlier this week cited the incident in Old Irving Park as she admonished Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino that his agents must abide by a court order dictating that chemical agents were not to be used without warnings in public settings where they are not under imminent threat. Residents say immigration agents contending with neighbors upset over their activity used aggressive tactics including deploying tear gas — which the judge pointed to as the kind of activity she sought to curb in residential areas.A Border Patrol agent walks through a cloud of tear gas in Chicago on Oct. 14.Terrence Antonio James / Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty ImagesGovernment attorneys said they didn’t want to hamstring agents who had to contend with sometimes threatening crowds. Noem said Thursday that Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have increasingly been threatened. “What we’ve seen in attacks on ICE officers is unacceptable,” Noem said. “I’ll remind you, every single ICE officer has someone who loves them.” Before the end of Tuesday’s hearing, the judge pleaded with the government to tamp down activities over Halloween. “The last thing that I will say is Halloween is on Friday. I do not, do not want to get violation reports from [attorneys] that show that agents are out and about on Halloween where kids are present and tear gas is being deployed or pepper balls are being deployed,” U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis told Bovino on Tuesday. “I expect everybody to act reasonably. You know that it is a day when people are going to be out minding their own business.”In court filings Monday, lawyers submitted affidavits from residents of the Old Irving Park neighborhood, who described getting out of the shower, still being in pajamas or getting their kids ready for a Halloween day parade when they heard loud noises.One Old Irving Park resident, Brian Kolp, told NBC News he was drinking coffee in his house when he noticed fast movement outside. Agents were arresting an immigrant who had been doing contract work in the area, on his front lawn, he said. Kolp, an attorney who previously worked as a state’s attorney, ran outside in his pajama pants and said while neighbors were upset and shouting at agents, they did not impede or threaten them. At one point, he saw an agent with “some sort of munition in his hand.”“Are you seriously about to throw that in the middle of the neighborhood?” Kolp said he told the agent. He then queried the agent on why he wasn’t wearing a body camera, he said. The agent then walked away, according to Kolp, but at the other end of the street, a chemical agent was deployed. “There was nothing to justify any of their use of force. At no point did they give a verbal or audible warning,” he said.As for Old Irving Park on Halloween, longtime resident Anna Zolkowski said it will be the first time she doesn’t hand out candy in more than 30 years. The neighborhood, which boasts of larger lots, older trees and front yards that transform with elaborate Halloween decor, draws trick-or-treaters from surrounding areas. One recent year, it logged 1,300 trick-or-treaters. “I’m too shaken,” she said, after witnessing Saturday’s confrontation with immigration agents. Instead, she’ll be on the corners with a whistle to warn of any immigration activity should it transpire. She donated her candy money to a legal defense fund for immigrants and said other residents also signed up to watch for immigration activity on Halloween. “We’re not going to let this ruin a traditional Chicago Halloween, where children and their families can feel safe and have fun,” she said. Natasha KoreckiNatasha Korecki is a senior national political reporter for NBC News.
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