October 13, 2025 • 10 mins
ABC News Correspondent Jordana Miller reports live from Israel as the long-awaited Israel–Gaza peace plan officially takes effect. She shares on-the-ground insight into the first phase of the deal, the reactions across the region as hostages are released, and what comes next for both sides.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netna, who continues to address
Israeli Parliament. Let me get to some of the breaking
overnight information here. Hamas released all twenty living Israeli hostages
to the Red Cross in northern Gaza as part of
the newly negotiated Trump peace deal with Israel. The freed
hostages were taken to a military base to see their families.
(00:21):
They're going to be taken hospitals for medical treatment as well,
and then you have arrangements being made to receive the
bodies of the twenty eight hostages who were killed. There's
still an effort to locate them in Gaza. Hamas apparently
didn't know where all of the bodies were. Now that
all of the living hostages have been freed, Israel is
releasing about two thousand Palestinian prisoners. President Trump arrived in
(00:44):
Israel shortly after the first group of hostages were released,
and during his flight to the Middle East, Trump spoke
to reporters and said this about the war in Gaza.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
War's over, the wars over, Okay? Do you understand that?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
He also talked about how the peace plan is being
received in the region.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Everybody is happy whether it's Jewish or Muslim or the
Arab countries, every country is dancing in the streets, and
it's a point in time. I don't think you'd ever
see it again.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Trump was also asked about the possibility that he might
visit Gaza at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Would I'd be proud to I see it. I mean,
I know it so well without visiting, but I do
see it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, I would.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Actually, I'd like to do it. I'd like to put
my feet on it at least. But I think it's
going to be a great miracle over the over the
coming decades. And you know, if you go too fast,
it's not going to be good.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Trumps also asked an interesting question by Fox News's Peter
Doocey interview, and you talked about how you hope to
end the war in Ukraine because it might help you
get into heaven.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
How does how does this help?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Does this help?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I mean, you know, I be a little cute. I
don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven, Okay,
I really I think I think I'm not maybe heaving bound.
I may be in heaven right now as we fly
an Air Force one. I'm not sure, right I've been
to be able to make Heaven.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I tell you what, there's no question this is helping
his case. This is a really big deal.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
No, no, we'll have that later, but this is certainly
helping his case. This is incredible. What's happening today. A
couple of other notes I want to get to. Special
Envoy Steve Wikoff delivered a speech at the Hostages Square
in Tel Aviv the other night, and when he mentioned
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netton, Yahoo, this was the reaction.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
To Prime Minister Benjamin net Yahoo.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Oh, they were not happy to hear his name.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Okay, okay to Prime Minister benj Hoos.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
He got so thrown off, get the name out. So
there's still there's a lot of.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Anger Benjamin dtniew who in Israel, especially among those families
of the hostages. But when it comes to President Trumps,
a whole different story. When Ivanka Trump spoke and mentioned
her father, those in attendants had a much different reaction.
(03:33):
I mean, if Trump wanted to, we could probably be
Israeli Prime minister and President of the United States right now.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
I was just thinking, we need Canada, We'll take over Israel.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
There is something else I want to mention earlier there
was a note that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ntaw who
was going to join President Trump at this regional peace
summit in Egypt that's taking place tomorrow. It was something
that President Trump was trying to put together the leaders
of Israel and Egypt. They haven't spoken since the start
(04:03):
of the war in Gaza. You're also going to have
Palestinian Authority President mak Mudabas at this summit.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Benjaminintya, who we learned was going.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
To go to the summit, now his office has come
out and said that he will not be joining President
Trump at the summit. It said here in this statement
the Prime Minister thank President Trump for the invitation, but
said he would not be able to attend due to
the proximity of the holiday. The Prime Minister thank President
Trump for his efforts to expand the circle of peace
(04:31):
based on strength. So he will not be attending that meeting.
But still just the fact that he was invited by Egypt.
You're seeing a number of different things happening over there
right now, the warming of relations between Israel and countries
in the region. Now that this first phase of the
(04:51):
peace plan is underway the news this morning, all of
the remaining living Israeli hostages have been freed after seven
hundred and thirty seven days in Hamas' captivity. Now the
Jerusalem Post is reporting that Hamas has informed the parties
(05:11):
involved that only four out of the twenty eight bodies
of the murdered hostages will be returned today. The families
are saying this is a violation of the agreement. But
there was a lot of concern that Hamas was not
in possession of some of the bodies of the hostages
(05:33):
who were killed while in captivity, and that it was
going to take some time to find them. So I
don't know what the expectation was heading into today, but
that's what I had heard leading into this.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
But that is again what the Jerusalem Post is reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Let's go to the hotline now and bring in ABC
News correspondent Jordana Miller coming to us Life from Jerusalem.
So Tordonna set the stage for us the feeling in
Israel as now all twenty remaining Israeli hostages have been free.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I mean, I think the country is overjoyed. It's been
such an emotional ride this war in general, and today
you know, everybody was just hoping and praying that everything
would you know, go as planned and all twenty would
really come out and really be alive. And in fact
(06:29):
they all did, the first group of seven coming out
around nine am, and then Hamas freeing the second group
of thirteen around ten thirty. And this includes two sets
of brothers, a father who several of them are fathers
(06:50):
whose young children they missed, you know, two years of
their lives. And in some cases they didn't know that
their partner, for example, had been kidnapped and released. If
you remember our Bell Yahood, a woman who was released
in the last eeasfire, she was kept most of the
(07:11):
time alone by a breakoff group from Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
She was set free and her boyfriend who came out today,
I had no idea what.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Happened to her if she survived. Right, We've seen, you know.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Really just joyous reunions, crying and hugging and parents just
you know, in a dream state, almost that their children
came out, especially especially the ones that were Israeli soldiers,
right because they had the least chance of coming out,
because they were the most valuable. And everyone said Hamas
(07:50):
is going to hold onto those soldiers. And by the way,
they all of them are walking on their own feet.
There were no medical evacuations.
Speaker 6 (08:00):
It seems that Hamas.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
The two that were looked really frail in videos recently,
Rob Brasolovski and uh and David Avatar, they were it
looks like they were fed a lot in the last
several weeks.
Speaker 6 (08:15):
They look better.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
But I have to tell you, most of these hostages
look extraordinarily thin, and it's sometimes hard to recognize them
from the posters that we've been seeing over the last
two years. Right, and you can see there's their bones
kind of popping through the clothes that are draped over
(08:37):
them after they changed from whatever they were wearing when
they were.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Released by Hamas.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Nonetheless, everyone grateful they're alive and on top of it all.
President Trump here as well today speaking in the Israeli
Parliament and praising really Israel.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
In some sense, his speech was a love.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Letter, I think, really to the history of the Jewish
people and their resilience in the state of Israel, and.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
It's resilience in the face of enemies, and it's innovation
and it's heart.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
And also in there, you know drawing some lines right,
saying to Natanie, you know, Phoebe, you're a great guy.
Not always easy to work with, but a great guy.
And by the way, Phoebe, you know, the war's over.
You're not fighting a war anymore. You know, now it's
time to convert those winds on the battlefield into diplomatic
(09:35):
wins for the region. So, you know, I really do
believe this war is over, and now it's time. You know,
there's going to be a lot of challenges ahead with
cleaning out Gaza and restabilizing it, and that's the work
(09:55):
that lies ahead.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
All right, and we will talk to you more about
all of that at including the meeting that's taking place
in Egypt in the coming days. Jordana Miller, ABC News correspondent,
coming to us live from Israel. Jordana really appreciate it,
Thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Thanks Tusan The Ryan Gorman Show on news radio WFLA.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show,
and find us online at Ryangormanshow dot com.
While Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netna, who continues to address
Israeli Parliament. Let me get to some of the breaking
overnight information here. Hamas released all twenty living Israeli hostages
to the Red Cross in northern Gaza as part of
the newly negotiated Trump peace deal with Israel. The freed
hostages were taken to a military base to see their families.
(00:21):
They're going to be taken hospitals for medical treatment as well,
and then you have arrangements being made to receive the
bodies of the twenty eight hostages who were killed. There's
still an effort to locate them in Gaza. Hamas apparently
didn't know where all of the bodies were. Now that
all of the living hostages have been freed, Israel is
releasing about two thousand Palestinian prisoners. President Trump arrived in
(00:44):
Israel shortly after the first group of hostages were released,
and during his flight to the Middle East, Trump spoke
to reporters and said this about the war in Gaza.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
War's over, the wars over, Okay? Do you understand that?
Speaker 1 (00:58):
He also talked about how the peace plan is being
received in the region.
Speaker 2 (01:02):
Everybody is happy whether it's Jewish or Muslim or the
Arab countries, every country is dancing in the streets, and
it's a point in time. I don't think you'd ever
see it again.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Trump was also asked about the possibility that he might
visit Gaza at some point.
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Would I'd be proud to I see it. I mean,
I know it so well without visiting, but I do
see it.
Speaker 3 (01:25):
Yeah, I would.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
Actually, I'd like to do it. I'd like to put
my feet on it at least. But I think it's
going to be a great miracle over the over the
coming decades. And you know, if you go too fast,
it's not going to be good.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
Trumps also asked an interesting question by Fox News's Peter
Doocey interview, and you talked about how you hope to
end the war in Ukraine because it might help you
get into heaven.
Speaker 4 (01:47):
How does how does this help?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Does this help?
Speaker 2 (01:49):
I mean, you know, I be a little cute. I
don't think there's anything going to get me in heaven, Okay,
I really I think I think I'm not maybe heaving bound.
I may be in heaven right now as we fly
an Air Force one. I'm not sure, right I've been
to be able to make Heaven.
Speaker 3 (02:06):
I tell you what, there's no question this is helping
his case. This is a really big deal.
Speaker 1 (02:11):
No, no, we'll have that later, but this is certainly
helping his case. This is incredible. What's happening today. A
couple of other notes I want to get to. Special
Envoy Steve Wikoff delivered a speech at the Hostages Square
in Tel Aviv the other night, and when he mentioned
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netton, Yahoo, this was the reaction.
Speaker 5 (02:30):
To Prime Minister Benjamin net Yahoo.
Speaker 3 (02:35):
Oh, they were not happy to hear his name.
Speaker 5 (02:48):
Okay, okay to Prime Minister benj Hoos.
Speaker 3 (02:58):
He got so thrown off, get the name out. So
there's still there's a lot of.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Anger Benjamin dtniew who in Israel, especially among those families
of the hostages. But when it comes to President Trumps,
a whole different story. When Ivanka Trump spoke and mentioned
her father, those in attendants had a much different reaction.
(03:33):
I mean, if Trump wanted to, we could probably be
Israeli Prime minister and President of the United States right now.
Speaker 3 (03:39):
I was just thinking, we need Canada, We'll take over Israel.
Speaker 1 (03:42):
There is something else I want to mention earlier there
was a note that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ntaw who
was going to join President Trump at this regional peace
summit in Egypt that's taking place tomorrow. It was something
that President Trump was trying to put together the leaders
of Israel and Egypt. They haven't spoken since the start
(04:03):
of the war in Gaza. You're also going to have
Palestinian Authority President mak Mudabas at this summit.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
Benjaminintya, who we learned was going.
Speaker 1 (04:11):
To go to the summit, now his office has come
out and said that he will not be joining President
Trump at the summit. It said here in this statement
the Prime Minister thank President Trump for the invitation, but
said he would not be able to attend due to
the proximity of the holiday. The Prime Minister thank President
Trump for his efforts to expand the circle of peace
(04:31):
based on strength. So he will not be attending that meeting.
But still just the fact that he was invited by Egypt.
You're seeing a number of different things happening over there
right now, the warming of relations between Israel and countries
in the region. Now that this first phase of the
(04:51):
peace plan is underway the news this morning, all of
the remaining living Israeli hostages have been freed after seven
hundred and thirty seven days in Hamas' captivity. Now the
Jerusalem Post is reporting that Hamas has informed the parties
(05:11):
involved that only four out of the twenty eight bodies
of the murdered hostages will be returned today. The families
are saying this is a violation of the agreement. But
there was a lot of concern that Hamas was not
in possession of some of the bodies of the hostages
(05:33):
who were killed while in captivity, and that it was
going to take some time to find them. So I
don't know what the expectation was heading into today, but
that's what I had heard leading into this.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
But that is again what the Jerusalem Post is reporting.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Let's go to the hotline now and bring in ABC
News correspondent Jordana Miller coming to us Life from Jerusalem.
So Tordonna set the stage for us the feeling in
Israel as now all twenty remaining Israeli hostages have been free.
Speaker 4 (06:08):
I mean, I think the country is overjoyed. It's been
such an emotional ride this war in general, and today
you know, everybody was just hoping and praying that everything
would you know, go as planned and all twenty would
really come out and really be alive. And in fact
(06:29):
they all did, the first group of seven coming out
around nine am, and then Hamas freeing the second group
of thirteen around ten thirty. And this includes two sets
of brothers, a father who several of them are fathers
(06:50):
whose young children they missed, you know, two years of
their lives. And in some cases they didn't know that
their partner, for example, had been kidnapped and released. If
you remember our Bell Yahood, a woman who was released
in the last eeasfire, she was kept most of the
(07:11):
time alone by a breakoff group from Hamas Palestinian Islamic Jihad.
She was set free and her boyfriend who came out today,
I had no idea what.
Speaker 6 (07:23):
Happened to her if she survived. Right, We've seen, you know.
Speaker 4 (07:28):
Really just joyous reunions, crying and hugging and parents just
you know, in a dream state, almost that their children
came out, especially especially the ones that were Israeli soldiers,
right because they had the least chance of coming out,
because they were the most valuable. And everyone said Hamas
(07:50):
is going to hold onto those soldiers. And by the way,
they all of them are walking on their own feet.
There were no medical evacuations.
Speaker 6 (08:00):
It seems that Hamas.
Speaker 4 (08:01):
The two that were looked really frail in videos recently,
Rob Brasolovski and uh and David Avatar, they were it
looks like they were fed a lot in the last
several weeks.
Speaker 6 (08:15):
They look better.
Speaker 4 (08:16):
But I have to tell you, most of these hostages
look extraordinarily thin, and it's sometimes hard to recognize them
from the posters that we've been seeing over the last
two years. Right, and you can see there's their bones
kind of popping through the clothes that are draped over
(08:37):
them after they changed from whatever they were wearing when
they were.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
Released by Hamas.
Speaker 4 (08:45):
Nonetheless, everyone grateful they're alive and on top of it all.
President Trump here as well today speaking in the Israeli
Parliament and praising really Israel.
Speaker 6 (08:57):
In some sense, his speech was a love.
Speaker 4 (08:59):
Letter, I think, really to the history of the Jewish
people and their resilience in the state of Israel, and.
Speaker 6 (09:06):
It's resilience in the face of enemies, and it's innovation
and it's heart.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
And also in there, you know drawing some lines right,
saying to Natanie, you know, Phoebe, you're a great guy.
Not always easy to work with, but a great guy.
And by the way, Phoebe, you know, the war's over.
You're not fighting a war anymore. You know, now it's
time to convert those winds on the battlefield into diplomatic
(09:35):
wins for the region. So, you know, I really do
believe this war is over, and now it's time. You know,
there's going to be a lot of challenges ahead with
cleaning out Gaza and restabilizing it, and that's the work
(09:55):
that lies ahead.
Speaker 1 (09:56):
All right, and we will talk to you more about
all of that at including the meeting that's taking place
in Egypt in the coming days. Jordana Miller, ABC News correspondent,
coming to us live from Israel. Jordana really appreciate it,
Thanks so much.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
Thanks Tusan The Ryan Gorman Show on news radio WFLA.
Follow us on Facebook and Instagram at Ryan Gorman Show,
and find us online at Ryangormanshow dot com.
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