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By Paulina Guzik, OSV News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(OSV News) \u2014 Scenes of joy, relief and tearful welcomes flooded media across the world Oct. 13 as the remaining Israeli hostages were freed from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip as part of the U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the U.S.-proposed deal, 250 Palestinian prisoners<\/a> were also released by Israel, with 1,650 more to be freed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minutes before the U.S. President Donald Trump addressed the Knesset on Oct. 13, Joseph Hazboun of the Catholic Near East Welfare Association-Pontifical Mission spoke to OSV News and said that with the deal reached, he was \u201cvery happy at long last\u201d but \u201cnot optimistic enough to say\u201d it\u2019s \u201ca peace agreement\u201d but \u201ca ceasefire<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is the day that we\u2019ve been waiting for for two years,\u201d said Hazboun, regional director for CNEWA-Pontifical Mission\u2019s Jerusalem office<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe people that were ordered to evacuate and move all around the Gaza Strip for several times are finally going back to their \u2026 areas of residency,\u201d he told OSV News. \u201cI\u2019m not sure what they will find there \u2014 probably the ruins of their homes, but at least they will be safe. There is no more bombing from air or from the sea or from the land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Addressing the Knesset before Trump spoke, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking in English and turning to the U.S. leader, said: \u201cTwo weeks ago you succeeded in doing something miraculous. You succeeded in doing something that no one believed was possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou brought most of the Arab World \u2014 most of the world \u2014 behind your proposal to free the hostages and end the war,\u201d he said, thanking the U.S. president<\/a>. \u201cMay God bless the covenant between the two promised lands,\u201d Israel and the U.S., he said, wrapping up his speech.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe gather on a day of profound joy, of soaring hope, of renewed faith, and above all, a day to give our deepest thanks to the Almighty God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,\u201d Trump said, starting his speech to the Knesset.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ceasefire, but not the uncertainty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hazboun, who spoke to OSV News from Jerusalem, said that Trump \u201cdeserves the credit for putting an end to the war\u201d as he \u201cbasically informed Netanyahu he has to stop. And now Trump is the guarantor of the end of the war<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He also warned that with earlier attempts to stop the war, the parties \u201con several occasions shifted position for whatever reason,\u201d therefore in the Holy Land, \u201cwe have our hands on our heart praying that this agreement will last.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, Hazboun said, all eyes are on Gaza<\/a>, where tens of thousands began to make their way back to their homes, or what\u2019s left of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many Palestinians returned to see only mostly rubble left, with Father Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Gaza City\u2019s Catholic parish, saying the entire enclave has experienced a \u201ctsunami\u201d of destruction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked about the Christian community sheltering in the Holy Family Parish<\/a> and St. Porphyrios Greek Orthodox Church compound, Hazboun said they will for now \u201cremain in the church compound, because most of them, they lost their homes and their apartments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, Hazboun said, \u201cpeople will have the freedom now to go and check on their homes,\u201d but \u201cit will take time\u201d to see \u201cwho has his home or his apartment intact and can move back, who has minor destruction, who has full destruction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What gives people a sense of relief is that \u201cthere is no more bombing around them,\u201d he continued, but at the same time \u201cthere is no infrastructure<\/a>, there is no electricity, there is no water, there is no sewage\u201d and \u201clife is going to be complicated for the coming period.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urgent need in Gaza<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Hazboun said CNEWA staff was given instructions \u201cto start asking, inquiring about what are the immediate needs<\/a> as far as maybe not food, but maybe water, probably medicine, medical aid, medical supplies \u2014 all remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWere there plans before? No, because with this war, it was extremely impossible to plan ahead of time. We had to wait until the end of the war. And of course we have to wait also until the Rafah crossing is open to see who will decide to remain in Gaza and who will not,\u201d Hazboun said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He predicted that \u201cwe will witness an exodus from Gaza for the Muslims and for the Christians\u201d and that for Christians it will be \u201cmore catastrophic because of the few, the little number of the Christian community that has remained in Gaza. So every person that leaves is a great loss.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As hundreds of aid trucks<\/a> were allowed to reach Gaza starting in the early morning hours of Oct. 12, in a hopeful sign \u201cprices have dropped enormously,\u201d Hazboun said, pointing out that the price of flour dropped to $2-4 from $25 per kilogram (2.2 pounds).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hazboun said that most probably \u201cwill need tents. All those families that are coming back to Gaza and are looking for their destroyed homes will require tents to live in for the coming probably year or so. So I expect that that will be a big need,\u201d he said, adding that to make more detailed assessments, two to three days are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prayers for Gaza to flourish in peace<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Trump, speaking in the Knesset, said that now that all hostages are home, \u201ctogether we\u2019ve shown that peace<\/a> is not just a hope that we can dream about. It\u2019s a reality we can build upon day by day, person by person and nation by nation.\u201d Because of that, he said, \u201cthe Middle East is finally ready to embrace its extraordinary potential.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later in the day, Trump was scheduled to take part in signing of a peace deal between Israel and Hamas<\/a>, along with the other guarantors of the Gaza peace deal, in the Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaders and foreign ministers from Germany, Spain, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Indonesia were expected to participate at the summit hosted by Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Asked how Catholics across the world can help, Hazboun said first of all, with prayers \u201cthat this truce, this ceasefire, will hold and move forward towards a permanent peace agreement where Gaza will have the opportunity to flourish.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By flourishing, he meant open borders so goods can come in freely, access to the sea and freedom of movement. \u201cEarly this morning,\u201d he said, \u201creports claimed that the Israelis are not allowing everything needed to go in, as was the case after every war since 2009. And this is one of the reasons why the situation in Gaza continues to be dramatic<\/a> and why every now and then we have attacks and counterattacks. It\u2019s because the people of Gaza have been denied the opportunity to have a decent life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A real commitment to rebuilding Gaza<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

He said that amid a sea of destruction, \u201cbringing in all the materials that the strip requires without limitations\u201d is crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBecause how can you rebuild Gaza if wood is not permitted or iron is not permitted or cement is not permitted?\u201d Hazbound asked, while admitting he\u2019s hopeful that \u201cit is possible to rebuild, maybe even much better than it was.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey say they require two to three years to remove the debris<\/a>. The hundreds, thousands of tons of destroyed material \u2026 but it all depends on the will of the people in power,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd I hope that President Trump,\u201d along with leaders participating in signing of the peace agreement in Egypt, \u201cwill really exert pressure to move forward, as well as provide funding and find the right mechanism to help the people regain their dignity and find a suitable and decent place to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assessing humanitarian efforts<\/a> of the past two years, he said that CNEWA-Pontifical Mission, the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem, Caritas Jerusalem and Catholic Relief Services, \u201cand many other organizations \u2026 did marvelous work \u2026 in circumstances that were at times extremely challenging.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPeople risked their lives to deliver the goods that were required to save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Featured image: U.S. President Donald Trump and Egypt\u2019s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi attend a world leaders\u2019 summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Oct. 13, 2025, on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. (OSV News\/Suzanne Plunkett, pool via Reuters)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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