President Donald Trump declared, “At long last, we have peace in the Middle East,” during a gathering of world leaders in Egypt. The president traveled there after a stop in Israel, where the nation welcomed 20 living hostages released by Hamas just hours earlier.

The release of hostages is part of a larger 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza — a deal that U.S. and regional officials had been shaping for weeks.

On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, U.S. officials met with Arab governments as President Donald Trump presented the plan during a meeting in New York with Arab and Muslim leaders. He also met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House before advisers Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner joined negotiations last week.

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