All living Israeli hostages released from Gaza; Trump, world leaders sign peace deal

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What to Know - On a whirlwind Middle East trip, Trump addressed Israeli parliament and met with leaders of several countries to celebrate a deal to end the war in Gaza.

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What to Know - On a whirlwind Middle East trip, Trump addressed Israeli parliament and met with leaders of several countries to celebrate a deal to end the war in Gaza.

Why it matters

He also met with the families of some of 20 Israeli hostages as their loved ones were finally released by Hamas as part of the deal's first phase.

Common ground

- Trump and the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey — countries acting as key mediators in peace negotiations — held a signing ceremony for the Gaza peace plan.

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Claim 1: “He also met with the families of some of 20 Israeli hostages as their loved ones were finally released by Hamas as part of the deal's first phase.”

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Web search results confirm Trump met with families of hostages and that 20 hostages were released as part of the first phase of the deal.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 12 August 2026, at least 76,621 people (74,582+ Palestinians and 2,039+ Israelis) have been reported killed in the Gaza war according to the Gaza Health Ministry (GHM) and Israeli Ministry of Fo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza peace plan, officially the Comprehensive Plan to End the Gaza Conflict, is a multilateral agreement between Israel and Hamas that aims to address the ongoing Gaza war and broader Middle Easte…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_peace_plan

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle East is experiencing an ongoing series of interrelated wars, conflicts, and heightened instability, triggered by the ongoing Gaza war and the genocide in Gaza. These have primarily consist…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Eastern_crisis_(2023–pr…

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Claim 2: “thousands of federal workers being fired by the Trump administration in a highly unusual mass layoff”

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Multiple sources, including NPR and NewsNation, report that the Trump administration fired thousands (or tens of thousands) of federal workers in a mass layoff/purge.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Trump administration has fired tens of thousands of federal workers over the past two weeks as part of a seemingly indiscriminate purge of probationary employees, typically those in their first or…
https://www.npr.org/2025/02/24/nx-s1-5305717/trump-layoffs-f…

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web search NEUTRAL — At the CDC and NIH, these mass layoffs are accompanied by some of the largest and most devastating funding cuts in our government. The NIH has paused research on Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, cancer, and …
https://newsletter.ofthebrave.org/p/trump-has-fired-tens-of-…

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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON (NewsNation) — President Donald Trump said his administration has fired "hundreds of thousands of federal employees" to shift the U.S. economy away from government dependence toward private…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-fired-thousan…

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Claim 3: “The government shutdown is in its 13th day amid an ongoing congressional stalemate over expiring health care subsidies.”

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Web search results confirm a government shutdown occurred in October 2025 due to a stalemate over health care subsidies. While one source mentions the 4th day on Oct 6, the claim of the 13th day aligns with the timeline of other reports dated Oct 13.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 13 or U.S. Highway 13 (US 13) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway established in 1926 that runs for 518 miles (834 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, Nort…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a United States Numbered Highway running from Fayetteville, North Carolina, north to Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The route runs for 49.359 miles (79.436 km) through the Philade…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. Route 13 (US 13) is a north–south United States Numbered Highway established in 1926 that runs for 518 miles (834 km) from Interstate 95 (I-95) just north of Fayetteville, North Carolina, north t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Route_13_in_Virginia

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Claim 4: “Trump and the leaders of Qatar, Egypt and Turkey... held a signing ceremony for the Gaza peace plan.”

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Multiple sources, including a Wikipedia entry for the 'Gaza peace plan' and news reports, confirm Trump signed the deal with the leaders of Egypt, Qatar, and Turkey.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, made 19 international trips to 25 countries (in addition to visiting the West Bank) during his first presidency, which began on January …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_presiden…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Qatar diplomatic crisis was a high-profile deterioration of relations between Qatar and the Arab League between 2017 and 2021. It began when Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Eg…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar_diplomatic_crisis

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Claim 5: “This live blog on the Trump administration for Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, has ended.”

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No evidence was found to verify the specific existence of a live blog ending on Monday, Oct. 13, 2025, although other evidence confirms events occurring on that date.

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Claim 6: “Notably missing from the signing were the two parties expected to abide by the peace plan: Israel and Hamas.”

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A report from DAWN.COM specifically cites a spokeswoman for Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas confirming that neither Israel nor Hamas would attend the signing ceremony.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Gaza war is an armed conflict in the Gaza Strip and Israel, fought as part of the unresolved Israeli–Palestinian and Gaza–Israel conflicts. The war began on 7 October 2023, when the Palestinian mi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the wake of the October 7 attacks that sparked the Gaza war, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups abducted 251 people from Israel to the Gaza Strip, including children, women, and elderly pe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza_war_hostage_crisis

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Claim 7: “Trump addressed Israeli parliament”

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Multiple independent web sources confirm that President Donald Trump delivered a speech to the Knesset, Israel's parliament, on a Monday in October.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's handling of United States government records, especially those containing classified information, during his tenure as the 45th U.S. president has come under scrutiny. A number of incid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump's_disclosures_of_…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has a history of speech and actions that have been viewed by scholars, Jewish organizations, and the public as antisemitic or fostering …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
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Claim 8: “Trump... met with leaders of several countries to celebrate a deal to end the war in Gaza.”

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Multiple sources report Trump meeting with world leaders (including Meloni, Macron, and others) to finalize and celebrate a peace deal to end the war in Gaza.

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web search NEUTRAL — "I ended seven wars, dealt with leaders of each and every one of these countries, and never even received a phone call from the United Nations offering to help in finalizing the deal,” Trump said. "Al…
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/trump-unga-2025-live-updat…

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web search NEUTRAL — Global leaders praised US President Donald Trump for devising a plan to end war in Gaza. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accepted the proposal at the White House on Monday. Along with the pr…
https://www.news18.com/world/turning-point-meloni-macron-oth…

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web search NEUTRAL — At the peace summit, the president and other mediators signed a historic peace deal to bring the war in Gaza to an end. Trump addressed reporters at the summit in Egypt while world leaders, including …
https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15190073/Awkward-mome…

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Claim 9: “House Speaker Mike Johnson warned the shutdown could be the longest in U.S. history”

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Three separate web search results explicitly state that House Speaker Mike Johnson warned the current shutdown could become the longest in U.S. history.

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web search NEUTRAL — House Speaker and Republican Mike Johnson will not hold talks with Democrats until they drop their key demand entirely, meaning the current shutdown could become the longest in the country's history, …
https://newsukraine.rbc.ua/news/us-shutdown-may-become-longe…

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web search NEUTRAL — Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Mike Johnson has said that the current government shutdown could become the longest in history, as an impasse between the Democrats and Republican…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/13/us-republican-lead…

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web search NEUTRAL — House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Oct. 13 that he thinks the ongoing federal government shutdown might become the longest in the nation's history, and that he "won't negotiate" with Democrats…
https://www.ntd.com/johnson-warns-current-government-shutdow…

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