Many Jewish leaders are “cautiously optimistic” about the peace plan between Israel and Hamas that President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday.

Both parties agreed to the “first phase” of an agreement to end the two-year war in Gaza and bring home the dozens of remaining hostages held since Oct. 7, 2023. Hamas will likely release all 20 of the remaining hostages on Monday or Tuesday and Israel will partially withdraw from Gaza per the deal, according to Trump.

The Israeli government ended up voting early on Friday to approve “the framework for the release of all of the hostages — the living and the deceased,” according to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office.

Bereaved families will be able to bring home the remains of the hostages who were killed, and living hostages wil

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