Two years since Hamas’s deadly terrorist attack against Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, President Trump’s push for peace in the Gaza Strip appears within reach.

Israeli and Hamas officials started indirect negotiations in earnest on Monday in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm El Sheikh on Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula.

The president is exercising enormous pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and relying on Arab and Muslim leaders to apply leverage on Hamas to commit to a ceasefire and release hostages. There’s overwhelming international demand for a halt to the war.

For Netanyahu, Trump’s plan provides the best chance to quickly free 20 living hostages, and recover the bodies of 28 others by retreating from a massive military campaign that has sharply divided Israeli society.

Hamas’

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