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October 13th, 2025: Israeli Hostages Released & Hamas Launches ‘Mafia-Like’ Crackdown In Gaza
In this episode of The President’s Daily Brief: After 2 years, the remaining living hostages have been released from Gaza. The exchange comes as Trump arrives in the Middle East to meet regional leaders. Hamas is turning its guns inward. The group has launched a sweeping crackdown inside Gaza, targeting rival clans and suspected collaborators to reassert control. Renewed economic warfare between Washington and Beijing—China defends its new rare earth export curbs as “legitimate,” firing back at new U.S. tariffs and export bans. And in today’s Back of the Brief—the War Department announces a…
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