The following is the text of the Gaza ceasefire-hostage agreement that Israel and Hamas signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, 2025, based on a proposal set forth by US President Donald Trump.
The one-page document, a copy of which was first obtained by Kan News, is signed on Israel’s behalf by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer.
According to the signed document, appended to the agreement is a map of Israel’s gradual withdrawal from Gaza, a list of “humanitarian aid and relief implementation steps” and a list of 48 living and dead hostages to be released by Hamas.
The document appears to be internally contradictory as regards deceased hostages, stating in its Clause 5 that Hamas must return all hostages, living and dead, within 72 hours of the ceasefire, but also that it must share within that time period any information on remaining deceased hostages who have not been returned.
Israel staged its initial withdrawal in Gaza on October 10. On October 13, Hamas released the remaining 20 living hostages per the agreement, but only four of the 28 deceased hostages. In exchange, Israel released 250 Palestinian security prisoners, over 1,700 Gazans detained amid the war in Gaza who were uninvolved in the October 7 onslaught, and a first batch of bodies.
Implementation steps:
- President Trump announces the end to the war in the Gaza Strip, and that the parties have agreed to implement the necessary steps to that end.
- The war will immediately end upon the approval of the Israeli government. All military operations, including aerial and artillery bombardment and targeting operations, will be suspended. During the 72-hour period, aerial surveillance will be suspended over the areas from which IDF forces have withdrawn.
- Immediate commencement of full entry of humanitarian aid and relief as determined in the Proposal, and at a minimum in consistence with the 19 January 2025 agreement regarding humanitarian aid. Humanitarian aid and relief implementation steps are attached herewith.
- The IDF will withdraw to lines agreed upon as per map X attached herewith, and this will be completed after President Trump’s announcement and within 24 hours of Israeli government approval. The IDF will not return to areas that have been withdrawn from, as long as Hamas fully implements the agreement.
- Within 72 hours of the withdrawal of Israeli forces, all Israeli hostages, living and deceased, held in Gaza will be released (list attached).
- A task force will be formed of representatives from the United States, Qatar, Egypt, Turkey and other countries to be agreed upon by the parties, to follow-up on the implementation with the two sides and coordinate with them.