[News] Deal reached for permanent Gaza ceasefire, end to war: Al-Hayya of Hamas

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Deal reached for permanent Gaza ceasefire, end to war: Al-Hayya
Al Mayadeen English
October 9, 2025
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Khalil al-Hayya announces a Gaza ceasefire deal ending the war, with
guarantees from mediators and a major Palestinian prisoner release.

   - [image: Head of Hamas in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya speaks during an
   interview with AP, in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (AP)]
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   Head of Hamas in Gaza Khalil al-Hayya speaks during an interview with AP,
   in Istanbul, Turkey, Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (*AP*)

Khalil al-Hayya, the head of Hamas in Gaza and the chief Palestinian
negotiator, announced that an agreement has been reached to end the war and
aggression
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against the Palestinian people, after two years of a brutal and ceaseless
war that killed over 67,000 Palestinians.

Al-Hayya explained that the movement received guarantees from the mediators
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/guterres-calls-on-all-parties-to-uphold-gaza-ceasefire-deal>
and the US administration, and he confirmed that all parties stressed that
the war has ended completely.

Additionally, he revealed that the agreement includes
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/putin-welcomes-gaza-ceasefire-deal--urges-diplomacy>
the release of 250 prisoners serving life sentences, and 1700 detainees
from Gaza who were arrested after October 7th, as well as the release of
all women and children.

In his speech, al-Hayya stated that the world stands astonished by the
sacrifices, steadfastness, and patience demonstrated by the people of Gaza,
further pointing out that the residents of the Strip fought a war unlike
any the world has ever seen and stood against the enemy's tyranny,
brutality, and massacres.
People of Gaza stood firm like mountains

He added that the people of Gaza stood firm like mountains, with their
resolve never weakening in the face of killing, displacement, hunger, and
the loss of family and homes.

The Hamas chief paid tribute to the martyrs of the October 7th, 2023,
operation, specifically naming the leaders Ismail Haniyeh, Saleh al-Arouri,
Yahya Sinwar, and Mohammed Deif, describing them as the leaders of the
"Al-Aqsa Flood."

Al-Hayya also praised the heroism of the resistance fighters
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who "fought from point-blank and stood like a mighty mountain against the
occupation's tanks," stressing that these heroes thwarted all the Israeli
plans to displace people, impose starvation, and create chaos, while
"Israel" stalled, committed massacre after massacre, and repeatedly
sabotaged the mediators' efforts
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.

He also expressed his thanks and appreciation to the countries and forces
that shared in the blood and battle of the Palestinian people, in Yemen,
Lebanon, Iraq, and the Islamic Republic of Iran
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/iran-reaffirms-support-for-ending-genocide--occupation-in-ga>,
and to the free people around the world
<https://english.almayadeen.net/news/politics/world-welcomes-gaza-ceasefire--calls-for-swift-aid-and-recon>
who stood in solidarity with Gaza, especially the participants in the
support and freedom convoys by land and sea, and everyone who "contributed
a word of truth."

The Head of Hamas in Gaza concluded his statement by affirming that "for
two years, Gaza has been defending Al-Quds and Al-Aqsa and fighting the
enemy with all bravery," while stressing the continuation of work
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with all national and Islamic forces to complete the remaining steps.
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