From the New York Times, I'm Natalie Kittrowaf.

This is the Daily.

On Thursday, a potentially historic agreement between Israel and Hamas began to take shape.

The deal, brokered by President Trump, secures the exchange of all Israeli hostages

for Palestinian prisoners.

We ended the war in Gaza and really, on a much bigger basis, created peace. I think it's

going to be a lasting peace, hopefully an everlasting peace. Leaders on both sides, and Trump himself,

signaled that this was a decisive step toward the end of the two-year war in Gaza.

And Israelis and Palestinians broke out in celebration.

Today, my colleague Mark Mazetti on the remarkable deal-making that got us to this point, and whether it really will bring peace.

It's Friday, October 10th.

Mark, having optimism about the end of this war feels pretty perilous.

Like, it can feel dangerous to even allow yourself to feel hopeful because we've seen these two

sides, inch to orde deals, and then retreat.

The January ceasefire fell apart, for example.

So I want to start by asking, does this feel different to you, this moment?

Yes, it does.

And there's a few reasons for that.

First of all, President Trump has said he's going to go to Israel soon to make the sort of formal announcement of the deal.

The Israeli cabinet voted on Thursday to approve the deal.

So that's another good sign.

And it appears that Hamas has agreed to some of the major points of the deal, enough that everyone is agreeing that

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