Hamas is “unearthing” the captives, alive and deceased, “as we speak,” Trump tells reporters.
(Oct. 11, 2025 / JNS) The 48 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip are expected to return home by 6 a.m. on Oct. 13, two years and one week after they were kidnapped by Hamas-led terrorists in the northwestern Negev on Oct. 7, 2023.
Israel’s Kan Reshet Bet radio reported the revised deadline, as did Al Jazeera and other media outlets. The Qatari station cited a document outlining the implementation stages of the Trump plan for ending the war.
While previous rounds of hostage releases were characterized by humiliating “handover ceremonies” carried out by Gazan terrorist groups, this time, according to the document, the hostages’ return should take place without any such proceedings.