Israel-Hamas deal announced

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom

Published October 9, 2025 at 12:10 PM EDT

Initial terms of a deal have been announced between Israel and Hamas for a ceasefire, though a lot still has to happen for the deal to take hold.

Here & Now‘s Rob Schmitz speaks with Neri Zilber, a journalist for the Financial Times based in Tel Aviv and an advisor to Israel Policy Forum, a U.S. research organization.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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