The initial phase of President Donald Trump’s Middle East peace plan moved forward Monday as Hamas released 20 hostages who had been held since its barbaric attack of Oct. 7, 2023. The terror group also returned the bodies of four slain captives, while Israel completed a pullback of forces after a ceasefire went into effect Friday.

Mr. Trump spoke to the Israeli parliament and attended a ceremony in an Egyptian resort town to mark the historic occasion. But the looming question as the process proceeds remains: Will the peace be sustainable?

The president insisted that the deal will “hold.” History tells a more complicated tale. Hamas must still agree to disarm and repudiate its devotion to death and destruction. Will the group accept being pushed out of Gaza governance in the future? Sti

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