Pakistan, Oct. 9 -- WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump has announced that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a Gaza peace plan, marking the first significant breakthrough in more than two years of devastating war that killed tens of thousands and displaced nearly the entire population of Gaza.

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Hundreds of Hamas fighters cross into Israel at dawn, storming southern Israeli communities and a music festival with gunfire, rockets, and grenades. 1,219 people are killed on the Israeli side, mostly civilians. 251 hostages are taken to Gaza; Israel later says 47 remain, many of them dead. Images of burning Israeli vehicles near the Gaza border be...