Washington gasped.
In a single, surreal week, Trump was praised by Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, and the United Nations — all because of a Gaza peace deal almost nobody believed could happen. After years of bloodshed, hostages, airstrikes, and political venom, the unthinkable occurred. But beneath the applause, doubts are already growin… Continues…

In Cairo, after nights of tense bargaining, a ceasefire finally froze the guns over Gaza. Israeli troops began pulling back under the eyes of international peacekeepers, while convoys of aid rolled through shattered streets. Families who had already rehearsed grief were suddenly rehearsing reunions, as hostages and detainees crossed checkpoints that had once felt like walls between worlds. The war that defined a generation of headlines seemed, for a moment, to loosen its grip.