Trump Thanks Hostage Families for Nobel Appeal
President Donald Trump sent a letter on the Oct. 7, 2025 anniversary to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum thanking them for urging the Norwegian Nobel Committee to consider him for a Peace Prize. The Forum wrote to the Nobel body saying Trump’s negotiation efforts and the hostage releases since his inauguration represent a turning point; the article also notes ongoing indirect talks in Egypt between Israel and Hamas over a 20‑point U.S. plan and cites Netanyahu’s prior acceptance of the framework.
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📌 Key Facts
- President Trump issued a formal letter to the Hostages and Missing Families Forum on the second anniversary of the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks (Oct. 7, 2025), praising families and reiterating his goal to return all hostages and defeat Hamas.
- The Hostages and Missing Families Forum sent an appeal to the Norwegian Nobel Committee endorsing Trump’s role and calling his efforts a 'turning point,' and publicly praised the number of hostages released since Trump’s inauguration.
- Chief negotiators from Israel and Hamas convened in Egypt as indirect talks continued over the Trump 20‑point plan; the article references Netanyahu’s acceptance of the plan and Trump’s public urging for negotiators to 'move fast' while calling on Israel to 'immediately stop the bombing of Gaza.'
📚 Contextual Background
- A peace plan proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump called for Hamas to free all remaining hostages and for the Israeli military to begin withdrawing from parts of Gaza in phases; the plan also proposed transferring parts of Gaza to a "technocratic" Palestinian committee and deploying a temporary security force backed by Arab states.
- The proposed plan specified that Hamas would release the remaining hostages taken on October 7, 2023 within 72 hours of an agreement, and that Israel would release 250 Palestinians serving life sentences plus 1,700 other Gazans detained after the start of the conflict as part of the exchange.