Hostages released in Gaza ceasefire agreement

Learning English from the News

2025-10-15

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(Photo by Evelyn Hockstein - Pool/Getty Images) ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ Download a free worksheet ______________________________________________________________________________________________________ The story Israelis and Palestinians have celebrated after hostages and prisoners were exchanged on Monday. Hamas returned all living Israeli hostages, while Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees. This exchange is a big step towards ending the war in Gaza and is the first phase of a plan to end the war, arranged and negotiated by US President Donald Trump. At a summit in Sharm el-Sheikh later on Monday, Egypt, Qatar, Turkey and the US signed a declaration backing a ceasefire deal. News headlines Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed as Trump hails 'historic dawn' in Middle East BBC News One Era Ends in Gaza, and Another Begins The Atlantic Trump’s hostage deal was the easy part The New Statesman Key words and phrases historic dawn the beginning of something new and important one (thing) ends, another begins an ending creates space for something new the easy part the simplest part of a larger challenge Next  Find all our news programmes. Find an A-Z list of all our programmes.
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  • From BBC Learning English, this is Learning English from the News,

  • our podcast about the news headlines.

  • In this programme, hostages released in Gaza ceasefire agreement.

  • Hello, I'm Beth.

  • And I'm Pippa.

  • In this programme,

  • we look at one big news story and the vocabulary in the headlines that will help you understand it.

  • You can find all the vocabulary and headlines from this episode as well as a worksheet on our website bbclearningenglish.com.

  • OK, so Pippa, let's hear more about this story.

  • Hamas returned all living Israeli hostages,

  • while Israel freed almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.

  • However, the bodies of some deceased hostages are yet to be returned to Israel.

  • This exchange is the first phase of a plan to end the war,

  • arranged and negotiated by US President Donald Trump.

  • President Trump attended a summit in Shamil Sheikh on Monday, where Egypt, Qatar,

  • Turkey and the US signed a declaration backing a ceasefire deal aimed at ending two years of war that has left Gaza in ruins.

  • Our first headline is about the ceasefire.

  • Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees freed as Trump hails historic dawn in Middle East.

  • And that's from BBC News.

  • And that headline again.