The Brief

Two years after Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack, around 1,200 Israelis and over 67,000 Palestinians have been killed.

Israel and Hamas are holding indirect peace talks in Egypt over a U.S.-drafted plan backed by President Trump.

Hamas says it will release 48 remaining hostages and disarm under the proposed deal, though key details remain uncertain.

It’s been two years since Hamas-led militants stormed into Israel, plunging the region into war .

By the numbers:

Around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed in the Oct. 7, 2023, attack and 251 others were abducted. Forty-eight remain in Gaza, around 20 of them believed to be alive, after most of the rest were released in ceasefires or other deals.

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