Israel says its troops have opened fire after “suspects” approached its troops in Gaza. Meanwhile, Donald Trump says he wants to rebuild the territory, but hasn’t committed to a Palestinian state. Listen to Trump100 as you scroll.
Tuesday 14 October 2025 10:27, UK
After Israel’s military said it opened fire on “several suspects” in Gaza (see 9.37 post), health authorities in the enclave said at least six Palestinians had been killed by Israeli fire in two separate incidents.
Earlier, the Israeli military said it opened fire after suspects crossed the line of withdrawal and approached forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip.
It comes the day after Hamas returned 20 living Israeli hostages and the bodies of four dead hostages, while Israel sent 38 buses of Palestinian detainees back to Gaza.
As we’ve been reporting, the families of 24 Israeli hostages are still waiting for the release of their bodies from Gaza (see 7.29 post).
Israel’s military has confirmed the identity of two of the four bodies of dead hostages it received yesterday.
The IDF said the bodies of Guy Illouz and Bipin Joshi were handed over, while Hamas said the other two bodies released yesterday were Daniel Peretz and Yossi Sharabi.
They are pictured below in the following order: Guy Illouz, Daniel Peretz, Bipin Joshi and Yossi Sharabi.
The Israeli military has said it carried out a shooting after “several suspects” crossed the line of withdrawal and approached forces operating in the northern Gaza Strip area.
Under the first phase of the ceasefire agreement, Israeli forces have withdrawn but still remain in control of around 53% of Gaza, as shown in the map below.
The IDF said that the incident constitutes a “violation of the agreement”, adding that attempts were made to distance the suspects.
“The suspects did not comply and continued to approach the forces, and the forces carries out shooting to remove the threat,” the statement added.
“The IDF calls on the residents of Gaza to heed the IDF’s instructions and not to approach the forces deployed in the area.”
The 20 living hostages released by Hamas yesterday will undergo intensive medical testing and examination today, according to Israeli media.
Channel 12 news reports that the freed hostages will spend time with their families, but the focus is on their physical and mental health.
After being passed on to Israeli forces by the Red Cross yesterday morning, they were taken to the Re’im base in southern Israel to reunite with their families.
Five of the released hostages were then taken to Beilinson Hospital, while another five went to Ichilov Hospital and the remaining 10 went to the Sheba Medical Centre.
Yesterday’s achievements were “extraordinarily easy” compared to successfully enacting a comprehensive peace plan, says international correspondent Alex Rossi.
Donald Trump’s plan is “pretty vague” and “lacking in details”, Rossi says.
While that gives flexibility to negotiators, it is also a drawback, he explains.
“Nothing’s really nailed down. In terms of things like the disarmament of Hamas, that’s already proving to be a pretty difficult area, a pretty contentious area.
“Hamas says it’s not going to give over its weapons to Israel: it will give them over to a Palestinian faction.
“But when that would happen, if it will happen, nobody knows.
“What’s going to happen in terms of the governance of Gaza? Again, we don’t really know at this stage. It’s all very, very vague indeed.
“And in terms of the underlying drivers of this conflict, none of those things have been resolved and none of them have yet been addressed.
“The issue of Palestinian statehood, for instance, is still very much an aspiration and a distant prospect.”
Joe Biden has commended Donald Trump for getting a “renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line”.
He said he was “deeply grateful and relieved” that the remaining living hostages have been freed and civilians in Gaza have “the chance to rebuild their lives”.
“The road to this deal was not easy. My administration worked relentlessly to bring hostages home, get relief to Palestinian civilians, and end the war.
“I commend President Trump and his team for their work to get a renewed ceasefire deal over the finish line.
“Now, with the backing of the United States and the world, the Middle East is on a path to peace that I hope endures and a future for Israelis and Palestinians alike with equal measures of peace, dignity, and safety.
One of the most high-profile and influential Palestinian politicians has told Sky News that Donald Trump is now “calling the shots” for Israel – and warned it “doesn’t make sense” to have a Western-led government ruling Gaza or the return of a “British mandate” under Sir Tony Blair.
Nasser al Qudwa, 72, is also the nephew of Yasser Arafat, ex-chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, who died in 2004 aged 75.
Qudwa insisted Hamas should be involved in the territory’s future and that a new structure is needed that would allow a single authority to govern both the West Bank and Gaza.
It comes after Donald Trump hailed the signing of a peace deal in Egypt on Monday – the first phase of a plan to end the two-year Gaza war, which included the return of all 20 living Israeli hostages.
But there is much in the president’s 20-point proposal for Gaza still to be made real, chiefly a “board of peace” to oversee the creation of a transitional authority. It would be chaired by Trump, who has floated a role for former UK prime minister Sir Tony and does not want a role for Hamas.
“The Palestinian people do not deserve to be put under international trusteeship or guardianship,” said Qudwa.
“And definitely it does not deserve to be put on the British mandate again.
“The whole notion that you are bringing a Western land to build a lot in Gaza after all these sacrifices and all this bloodshed, it doesn’t make sense.”
Iran’s foreign ministry has criticised Donald Trump’s call for dialogue, accusing Washington of “hostile and criminal behaviour”.
The response comes after Trump made remarks to the Israeli parliament about being ready to strike a deal with Tehran.
In June, the US joined Israel in striking Iranian nuclear facilities after five rounds of indirect nuclear talks with Tehran that stalled over issues like domestic nuclear enrichment.
“The repetition of false claims about Iran’s peaceful nuclear program cannot in any way justify the joint crime of the US and Zionist regimes in attacking the holy soil of Iran and assassinating the brave sons of Iran,” said the foreign ministry.
The US was “the biggest cause of instability and insecurity in the region” due to its support for Israeli occupation and attacks on Gaza, and its arms sales to the Middle East, it added.
“The United States’ complicity and active participation in the genocide and warmongering of the Zionist regime in occupied Palestine is no secret to anyone, and the United States must be held accountable for its role in the impunity of the Zionist regime, including preventing any effective action against Israel in the United Nations Security Council, as well as sabotaging international judicial processes to prosecute Israeli criminals.”
Israel has repeatedly denied accusations of genocide.
Two things can be true at the same time – an adage so apt for the past day.
This was the Trump show. There’s no question about that. It was a show called by him, pulled off for him, attended by leaders who had no other choice and all because he craves the ego boost.
But the day was also an unquestionable and game-changing geopolitical achievement.
Trump stopped the war, he stopped the killing, he forced Hamas to release all the hostages, he demanded Israel to free prisoners held without any judicial process, he enabled aid to be delivered to Gaza, and he committed everyone to a roadmap, of sorts, ahead.
He did all that and more.
He also made the Israel-Palestine conflict, which the world has ignored for decades, a cause that European and Middle Eastern nations are now committed to invest in. No one, it seems, can ignore Trump.
Love him or loathe him, those are remarkable achievements.
‘Focus of a goldfish’
The key question now is – will he stay the course?
One person central to the negotiations which have led us to this point said to me last week that Trump has the “focus of a goldfish”.
It’s true that he tends to have a short attention span. If things are not going his way, and it looks likely that he won’t turn out to be the winner, he quickly moves on and blames someone else.
So, is there a danger of that with this? Let’s check in on it all six months from now (I am willing to be proved wrong – the Trump-show is truly hard to chart), but my judgement right now is that he will stay the course with this one for several reasons.
First, precisely because of the show he has created around this. Surely, he won’t want it all to fall apart now?
He has invested so much personal reputation in all this, I’d argue that even he wouldn’t want to drop it, even when the going gets tough – which it will.
Second, the Abraham Accords. They represented his signature foreign policy achievement in his first term – the normalisation of relations between Israel and the Muslim world.
Back in his first presidency, he tried to push the accords through without solving the Palestinian question. It didn’t work.
This time, he’s grasped the nettle. Now he wants to bring it all together in a grand bargain. He’s doing it for peace but also, of course, for the business opportunities – to help “make America great again”.
Peace – and prosperity – in the Middle East is good for America. It’s also good for Trump Inc. He and his family are going to get even richer from a prosperous Middle East.
Then there is the Nobel Peace Prize. He didn’t win it this year. He was never going to – nominations had to be in by January.
But next year he really could win – especially if he solves the Ukraine challenge too.
If he could bring his coexistence and unity vibe to his own country – rather than stoking the division – he may stand an even greater chance of winning.
The families of 24 Israeli hostages are still waiting for the release of their bodies from Gaza.
Only four bodies have been transferred by Hamas to Israel so far, and some of those that remain may not be located, according to Israeli authorities.
Under the ceasefire agreement, all the hostages – including the deceased – should have been handed over to Israel by yesterday morning.
“The mood yesterday was certainly one of overwhelming joy, celebration… but underneath all of that there was some sadness,” says international correspondent Alex Rossi, who has been speaking with hostages’ families.
“For families waiting at the moment for the remains of their loved ones, [it is an] extraordinarily sad and difficult time.
“They keep waiting and hoping that they will get the remains of their loved ones very soon so they can bury them and have a proper funeral.”
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