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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,
Netanyahu 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,
she wroteIn Emily's own words, she is the happiest girl in the world; she has her life back,
Damari's mother Mandy said on Monday,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, saidThat'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 saidGaza is like a massive demolition site,
Trump said as he signed a flurry of executive orders following his inaugurationThis is the first time I sleep comfortably and I'm not afraid,
he saidWe 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,
said Hussein Barakat
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 saidEven if you tried to tie up an animal here, it will not live,
he said
Some beautiful things could be done with it,
said Mr Trump, the real estate developer turned commander-in-chief, noting the territory’s coastline and “phenomenal” weather and locationWe are finally in our home. There is no home left, just rubble, but it's our home,
said Rana Mohsen, 43
The pictures we have seen yesterday of the three Israeli hostages meeting with their families, embraced by their families. These are the pictures that would change public opinion in Israeli politics,
Ansari said
These kinds of deals are never easy to maintain,
said Majed Al-Ansari, spokesperson for Qatar's foreign ministryWe don't expect things to go according to plan,
said one official briefed on the negotiations,The areas will change as the troops gradually withdraw from the Gaza Strip,
the military official saidNetanyahu has two ways to sink the agreement and find an excuse to renew the war. One option is to simply stall the negotiations for phase two … and waste time. He performed this same exercise several times to Biden’s team, which was too weak or unwilling to admit the reality of his sabotage,
wrote the Haaretz analyst Amir Tibon
The footage of the Hamas fighters offered a stark reminder that the terror group remains in charge of Gaza,
the Times of Israel notedIt's hard to believe that after all the work the mediators have put in and the assurances they received, both from the U.S. and the mediators, that this deal would derail on day one,
the official said
We are considering recognising the state of Palestine.”
Britain, with its historical familiarity with the Middle East, appears to have opted for a diplomatic gesture, with its seasoned foreign minister declaring