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Trump and his team brokered a deal that has finally ended the conflict between Israel and Hamas after two years of fighting.

Hamas on October 7, 2023, took about 250 hostages and killed around 1,200 people. Over the past two years, Hamas released 148 hostages, eight of whom were dead, according to the Associated Press (AP).

Since October 2023, Israel's ground and air offensives in Gaza have displaced more than 2 million people and killed more than 67,600 Palestinians, according to Gaza health authorities.

The deal brokered by Trump will see the remaining hostages - dead or alive - released back into Israel as the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) partially withdraw from the Gaza Strip.

The proposal marks the most substantial effort yet toward a lasting agreement, after earlier deals yielded only temporary cease-fires. Trump has been applauded by Israelis and Palestinians on the matter, as well as world leaders. ...