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I don't think it's a strategic victory. A strategic victory is to bring peace to the Middle East."
Still, speaking at the World Economic Forum, Israeli Economy Minister Nir Barkat told CNBC's Dan Murphy on Tuesday President Biden, which we thank him for his help, was restraining Israel ... President Trump is supporting Israel,
This would be a strategic victory,
We need to make sure they never have that. There are fingerprints of Iran all over our region, all over Oct. 7,
the minister said, referring to the Hamas-led attack in 2023 that killed roughly 1,200 in Israel and took more than 200 hostages We must make sure they pay a heavy price for that,
I believe that's the right attitude in the Middle East. You've got to be very aggressive with the bad guys and good with the good guys,
If it wasn’t for [Trump] this deal wouldn’t be in place right now. So we are banking on the support of this administration,
said Majed al-Ansari, an adviser to the Qatari prime minister and foreign ministry spokesperson This is what has been happening in the last 48 hours. We got calls about possible breaches, we dealt with them immediately and the ceasefire held in place,
Lists were delayed, they came in after the proposed deadlines ... there was a lot of discrepancies between what was agreed upon and the lists we had,
I look forward to working with you to return the remaining hostages, to destroy Hamas's military capabilities and end its political rule in Gaza, and to ensure that Gaza never again poses a threat to Israel,
We got our Romi back, but all families deserve the same outcome, both the living and the dead.
Meirav Leshem Gonen, mother of Romi Gonen, said I demanded – and received – a commitment from Prime Minister Netanyahu that Israel will return to the battlefield to eliminate Hamas and eradicate this threat once and for all,
Smotrich said in a statement on Monday In Emily's own words, she is the happiest girl in the world; she has her life back,
Damari's mother Mandy said on Monday, That's not our war; it's their war. But I'm not confident."
Asked whether he believed the two sides would maintain the truce, Trump said Some of them will arrive on gurneys and wheelchairs. Others will arrive in coffins. Some will arrive wounded and injured, in dire emotional condition,
Gaza is like a massive demolition site,
Trump said as he signed a flurry of executive orders following his inauguration This is the first time I sleep comfortably and I'm not afraid,
We wanted to come back to put up a tent during the ceasefire. As you can see it has become a ghost town. There is no water. There is nothing. There is even no levelled ground you can stay on,
Unicef welcomes the release of 9 Palestinian children who were reunited with their families overnight in the West Bank and East Jerusalem, after being held in detention for over a year.”
Issuing a statement, she said Even if you tried to tie up an animal here, it will not live,
