President Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu outlined a peace proposal for Gaza on Monday in a joint news conference at the White House.

The move came as the two-year anniversary of the Hamas-led attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, nears. About 1,200 Israelis were killed in those attacks, roughly two-thirds of whom were civilians.

Since then, Israel’s assault on Gaza has killed more than 66,000 people, according to the Gaza Health Ministry, about half of whom were women and children.

Israel’s actions have drawn widespread international condemnation, but Netanyahu and his government have been buttressed by the support of their most important ally, the United States.

Here are five big takeaways from Monday’s events at the White House.

Finally, there is an actual plan

Rumors of a White House plan to end the conflict in Gaza had been rife. It finally emerged into public view just moments before Trump and Netanyahu came to their lecterns in the State Dining Room.

If Hamas were to accept the plan, Israeli forces would initially make a modest withdrawal from their current positions and cease further attacks. Hamas would then release all the remaining hostages, living and dead, within 72 hours. Once that happened, Israel would release 250 prisoners serving life sentences as well as 1,700 Palestinians who have been detained without charge, though the timing here is vague.

Aid would be permitted to enter Gaza in much greater amounts as soon as the deal was accepted, easing a humanitarian catastrophe where many people are suffering from malnutrition or outright starvation.

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