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‘Peace through strength’: Trump Gaza plan gains global backing one year on
Jack Keane: Trump’s Gaza peace deal is a ‘huge step forward’
Ret. Four-Star Gen. Jack Keane breaks down the next phase of President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace deal on ‘Fox & Friends.’ Keane explains how the historic agreement mandates the complete disarmament of Hamas and other armed groups, leading to the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the transition of power to a new Palestinian government.
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A year has passed since President Donald Trump made history by brokering a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, setting in motion an ambitious peace plan aimed at bringing lasting stability to the region.
In the days and months since the ceasefire and Trump’s 20-point peace plan took hold, progress has drawn support from across the globe — including from unexpected quarters.
Senior advisor to the Board of Peace Josh Gruenbaum told Fox News Digital that the success of the last 12 months was largely attributable to President Donald Trump’s leadership and commitment to seeking peace.
TRUMP-BACKED BOARD OF PEACE, ISRAEL ‘WILL TAKE ACTION’ IF HAMAS REMAINS OUT OF COMPLIANCE: NETANYAHU ADVISOR
President Donald Trump poses with the signed agreement at a world leaders’ summit on ending the Gaza war, amid a U.S.-brokered prisoner-hostage swap and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, October 13, 2025. (Suzanne Plunkett/Reuters)
«The unlock was somebody who came in, who really knew the file because they had the chance to study it and understand it,» Gruenbaum said. Trump and his team, including U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, U.S. special envoy for Peace Jared Kushner and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, «created working relationships with regional actors with trust, overlaid with peace through strength,» while also forcing Hamas to finally understand that «this was either going to end the very hard way for them, or there was an off-ramp and a way to do this in a more dignified way, which is what the 20-point plan was.»
He said this has been achieved by «building consensus through the world, including through Europe, that this is the only game in town. This is the only pragmatic approach to make this thing stop.» A particular point of strength for the Board of Peace, Gruenbaum added, has been «cultivating really strong relationships with the United Nations.»
In November 2025, the United Nations endorsed the Board of Peace through Resolution 2803.
Prior to his meeting with President Trump at the White House, Prime Minister Netanyahu signed up, in the presence of Secretary of State Rubio, as a member of the Board of Peace. (@IsraeliPM)
European Union Commissioner for the Mediterranean and for Demography Dubravka Šuica announced at a high-level briefing at the Board of Peace in September that the European Union had «gathered about $1 billion for early recovery in Gaza,» and would sign recovery projects with the UNDP and UNICEF. «We are doing this in alignment with the priorities of the Board of Peace and the National Committee for the Administration of Gaza (NCAG),» Šuica stated.
US URGES DONORS TO ABANDON UNRWA FUNDING AS UN DEFENDS AGENCY’S MISSION
The International Stabilization Force, which will train a future police force in Gaza and oversee demilitarization, has received commitments from Kazakhstan, Morocco, Albania and Kosovo, with other countries said to be in the pipeline for admission.
Notably absent from Gaza’s future, per the Board of Peace plan, is the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). The Board of Peace has been unequivocal that UNRWA will have no involvement in Gaza. One U.S. agency, the USAID Office of the Inspector General, is currently investigating over 1,500 UNRWA employees for involvement in terror groups.
Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages held in Gaza since the deadly October 7, 2023, attack, as part of a ceasefire and a hostages-prisoners swap deal between Hamas and Israel, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, Feb. 22, 2025. (Hatem Khaled/Reuters)
On X, the Board of Peace recently stated that it «will only work with trusted partners who deliver for the people of Gaza and contribute to a deradicalized Strip,» and emphasized that «UNRWA fails on those litmus tests.»
The Board of Peace’s effort has support from unlikely corners. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wrote in a June editorial in the Financial Times that while the plan was «not the one many of us would have drafted,» she believes «it remains the only framework backed by sufficient leverage, political engagement and potential resources to move parties towards implementation.»
The Board of Peace has received about $18 billion in pledges for reconstruction, the BBC recently reported. A Board of Peace official told Fox News Digital that next steps in the reconstruction program include a six-month program with 66 recovery initiatives, including rubble clearance, unexploded ordnance clearance, construction of temporary housing and destroying tunnel infrastructure. The initiatives are expected to cost $2.45 billion, and tenders for some projects have been submitted.
KUSHNER GIVES HAMAS STARK ULTIMATUM: DISARM OR ISRAEL GETS US BACKING TO ‘FINISH THE JOB’
In the year ahead, the Board of Peace must clear a number of hurdles, including a full demilitarization and de-radicalization of Hamas in Gaza. Gruenbaum says that the Board of Peace is «realistic and sober» but is also «in a historic place with Hamas,» having secured verbal agreements and offering a path to amnesty for those who qualify.
Gruenbaum also says that the 20-point plan is Hamas’ best path forward and that regional dynamics leave them with few remaining options. Mediators are increasingly supporting the Board of Peace, Tehran is focused on its current war, and Israel is continuing to apply pressure, though Gruenbaum says the Board of Peace continues to stress that they must comply with the ceasefire.
Hamas terrorists carrying clubs and firearms secure and divert humanitarian aid trucks in the northern Gaza area of Jabaliya on June. 25. (TPS-IL)
Gruenbaum said that deradicalization will never be a top-down process led by the U.S., but will be managed through the NCAG. He said that the NCAG’s members «have kids that have been brought up» under the current UNRWA-run system, so «they understand the situation.» The approach will involve the new technocratic government, whose members have extensive experience in civil service, taking the lead on «vetting teachers» and «vetting people who are involved in civil governance.»
Gruenbaum celebrated the potential of bringing together the NCAG and Israeli authorities through the transformation of Gaza. «This is a monumental opportunity for the Palestinian people of Gaza where their governing body is going to be uniquely focused on delivering services for its constituents and if we could create this amazing relationship where we build trust between Israel and the NCAG, we deliver on both sides of the equation – security for Israel and freedom and a better life, self-determination and prosperity-building inside of Gaza. That’s a two-way trust-building system.»
Gruenbaum added that the successes in Gaza could lead to successes elsewhere. «Maybe these best practices get learned by the Palestinian Authority. Maybe Israel starts adding more trust with different people in the system. I think this is a huge moment in the history of the Middle East.»
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La salud de los Papas: cómo fue evolucionando la información oficial vaticana en los últimos 70 años
La operación para extirparle un nódulo pulmonar a León XIV puso sobre la mesa el debate sobre la salud de los Papas y cómo fue evolucionando la información oficial del Vaticano en los últimos 70 años. Así, en las últimas décadas, se pasó desde el silencio más absoluto sobre el cáncer que padecía Juan XXIII a la profusa comunicación que acompañó las hospitalizaciones de Francisco.
La comunicación del Vaticano en este tópico se ha ido abriendo poco a poco.
Este martes, la oficina de prensa vaticana anunció que la operación a la que fue sometido el papa León XIV “ha concluido con éxito, en el plazo y de la forma previstos”. Además, señaló que el pontífice “ha regresado a su habitación” y prometió mayor información en breve.
La salud de los Papas
Pero no siempre la información fue transparente y mucho menos divulgada en tiempo real, como ahora, con la ayuda de los avances tecnológicos y las redes sociales.
En las últimas décadas, la comunicación fue mejorando en cada pontificado. A continuación, una muestra de su evolución:
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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro revealed Tuesday that her office is investigating Rep. Ilhan Omar’s financial disclosures, opening a new chapter in the controversy surrounding the Minnesota Democrat’s previously reported multimillion-dollar assets.
Speaking on Fox News’ «America Reports,» Pirro said her office was examining Omar’s financial disclosures, which previously showed that the reported value of businesses tied to her husband, Tim Mynett, had surged from as much as $51,000 in 2023 to as much as $30 million in 2024.
The latest development comes one day after federal agents searched Omar’s Washington, D.C., home as part of an ongoing criminal investigation involving her immigration paperwork, two sources familiar with the probe told Digital.
The Justice Department confirmed that Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents executed a judicially authorized search warrant Monday as part of an ongoing federal criminal investigation. It remains unclear whether the search is connected in any way to the financial disclosure investigation described by Pirro.
WATCH: ILHAN OMAR DENIES FEDS HAVE CONTACTED HER AFTER BORDER CZAR HOMAN CONFIRMS ‘CRIMINAL’ INVESTIGATION
The disclosures drew scrutiny from congressional Republicans, including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer, R-Ky., who requested financial records from two companies tied to Mynett in February.
The original filings, examined by Digital earlier this year, showed millions of dollars in newly reported assets associated with two of Mynett’s business ventures — a California-based winery and a Washington, D.C.-based venture capital firm.
ILHAN OMAR NOT OUT OF THE WOODS DESPITE FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REVISION, TOP REPUBLICAN WARNS
The winery, eStCru LLC, saw its reported valuation jump from between $15,000 and $50,000 in 2023 to between $1 million and $5 million in 2024. Rose Lake Capital LLC showed an even sharper increase, rising from a reported value of between $1 and $1,000 in 2023 to between $5 million and $25 million the following year.
Combined, the businesses had reported values ranging from approximately $15,000 to $51,000 in 2023, compared with between $6 million and $30 million in 2024.
Financial disclosure forms report assets in broad ranges rather than exact dollar amounts, meaning the filings did not establish the couple’s precise net worth.
In February, Comer requested documents and communications related to the finances of eStCru LLC and Rose Lake Capital LLC, raising questions about the dramatic increase in their reported valuations.
Omar subsequently amended her financial disclosures in April, reducing the couple’s combined reported assets to between $18,004 and $95,000. The revised filing listed her husband’s two businesses as having no net value after accounting for liabilities.
Omar’s office, at the time, said the original disclosures had failed to properly account for liabilities associated with her husband’s businesses, creating what it described as a misleading picture of the couple’s finances.
The congresswoman has repeatedly maintained that she is not a millionaire.
MEET THE LONGTIME BIZ PARTNER OF ILHAN OMAR’S HUSBAND AS QUESTIONS SWIRL OVER HER SKYROCKETING NET WORTH
In September, the Office of Congressional Conduct voted 5-1 to recommend that the House Ethics Committee dismiss misconduct allegations stemming from the financial disclosures.
The congressional watchdog found there was not substantial reason to believe Omar had reported false or incomplete information in violation of federal law or House rules.
Omar’s office characterized the findings as vindication, maintaining that the congresswoman had done nothing wrong.
The congressional watchdog’s review is separate from the federal investigation described by Pirro on Tuesday.
Omar’s latest annual financial disclosure, filed in May, listed assets totaling between approximately $20,000 and $125,000, according to a Minnesota Star Tribune analysis. The filing also reported student loan and credit card debt associated with her husband.
The Somali-born congresswoman has denied allegations of wrongdoing and has accused the Trump administration of targeting her for political reasons — especially after Monday’s raid of her Washington, D.C., residence.
The Minnesota Democrat has been a frequent target of criticism from President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.
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Pope Leo XIV underwent a successful procedure at Agostino Gemelli University Hospital in Rome to remove a small node on his lung on Tuesday, the Vatican said.
The 71-year-old pontiff said Monday that doctors discovered the nodule at a «very early stage» and recommended its removal. The surgery went as planned and on schedule, and the pope is expected to remain hospitalized for approximately one week, according to Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni.
«Doctors found a small lump in the lung,» Leo said after an Angelus address at St. Peter’s Square on Monday. «It was identified at a very early stage and well situated.»
POPE LEO ANNOUNCES TUMOR ON LUNG, SURGERY PLANNED IN ‘NEXT FEW DAYS’
Pope Leo XIV is welcomed by Health Director Andrea Cambieri as he arrives at the Gemelli University Hospital for an operation to remove a lump from his lung in Rome on October 13, 2026. (Photo by Alberto PIZZOLI/AFP via Getty Images)
«The doctors consider it appropriate to intervene and so, following their advice, I decided to have surgery to remove it,» he continued. «The surgery is already scheduled for the next few days. I thank you for your spiritual closeness and I rely on your prayer.»
The surgery is likely to take place within a few days at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, which is known as the «Pope’s» hospital, Vatican sources told Fox News.
POPE LEO XIV BEGINS HISTORIC 4-DAY VISIT TO FRANCE
The Vatican has not disclosed whether the nodule is cancerous, and no further details about the pope’s diagnosis or the planned procedure were immediately available.
Pope Leo XIV steps out as the first American pope in history at the Vatican on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Vatican Media)
The announcement comes as a surprise for the American-born pontiff, who has no previously known health problems and is known for maintaining an active lifestyle.
POPE LEO VISITS SITE OF MIRACLE CURES, MEETS PEOPLE WHOSE UNEXPLAINED HEALINGS STUNNED DOCTORS
Leo regularly plays tennis and swims at the papal summer retreat in Castel Gandolfo, according to The Associated Press.
The pope is also scheduled to embark on a major international trip from Nov. 6–17, with planned stops in Uruguay, Argentina and Peru. It remains unclear whether his surgery and recovery will affect those travel plans.
UKRAINE’S ATTACKS ON RUSSIA ARE PUSHING PUTIN CLOSER TO NEGOTIATING TABLE, TRUMP NATO AMBASSADOR SAYS
Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus prayer in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
In addition to addressing his health, Leo used his Sunday remarks to renew his appeal for peace in war-torn Ukraine, warning that the conflict continues to inflict suffering far beyond the country’s borders.
«The war in the martyred Ukraine continues to create suffering, even beyond its borders, especially in the poorest countries, where many people depend on the exports of cereals and grains,» the pope said.
Fox News’ Courtney Walsh and Stephen Sorace contributed to this report.
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