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I told him that if he issues a statement about the hostages in Gaza it will be a big deal,
We saw two U.S. administrations working together... what the U.S. did led to this moment."
The Qatari prime minister made the announcement Witkoff played a crucial role in the negotiations over the last few days, applying pressure from Trump. It was an X-factor,
another Israeli official said ... Graham The ceasefire agreement in Lebanon was where the hostage deal really started,
Trump is serious about this deal, don't ruin this,
He told Netanyahu ... according to a source briefed on their conversation We had to flex a muscle to get them to back off, and we did,
Only then we were sure we have a deal,
People in the region don't want to start on a bad foot with Trump,
With this important development, we announce that we will suspend our military operations against the entity in solidarity with its halt in Palestine, and to strengthen the continuation of the truce in Gaza,
Akram al-Kaabi, secretary-general of the Nujaba Movement, said in a statement published Wednesday and shared with Newsweek by the Iraqi group's press office However, let the usurping entity know that any foolishness on its part in Palestine or the region will be met with a harsh response, and that our fingers are still on the trigger and our missiles and drones are fully prepared,
The war in Gaza has come to an end, and it will be a historic day in the life of the resistance and the cause, a victory that will remain in the record of history when epics and heroics were keen and ended with victory, promise and dignity."
Islamic Resistance in Iraq's Kataib Sarkhat al-Quds (Shout of Jerusalem Brigade), formerly Ashab al-Kahf, in a statement issued Wednesday The return of the hostages will mark the beginning of closure for Israelis and Jews, as well as countless others, who continue to be deeply affected by the indelible terror and trauma of October 7th,
This is something I've called for many, many months over the last year since the horrific, barbaric attack on innocent civilians in Israel that occurred on October 7 of last year,
[The ... The Israeli and Palestinian people] have borne the brunt of this conflict – triggered by the brutal terrorists of Hamas, who committed the deadliest massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust on October 7th, 2023,
Iran’s air defences are in shambles. Their main proxy, Hezbollah, is badly wounded, and as we tested Iran’s willingness to revive the nuclear deal, we kept the pressure with sanctions. Now Iran’s economy is in desperate straits.”
Hamas had been able to recruit almost as many new militants than it had lost, a recipe for an enduring insurgency and perpetual war”.
He underlined the futility of continuing the war by admitting The generational memory doesn’t go back to the founding of the state or the six-day war, or the Yom Kippur war, or to the intifada even. It starts with this war, and you cannot ignore the impact of this war on future policymakers. Joe Biden is the last president of his generation whose memories and knowledge and passion to support Israel go back to the founding story.”
Jack Lew, the strongly pro-Israel outgoing US ambassador to Israel, said I don’t like any of these words.”
Sullivan recalled meeting a voter in Ohio, and talking to him about the liberal democratic order, and the man turned to him and said What is the outcome of all of this? I think it is too early to predict. Even when good things happen, there are bad things around the corner. That’s true across foreign policy. It’s especially true in the Middle East,
After months of devastating bloodshed and countless lives lost, this is the long-overdue news that the Israeli and Palestinian people have desperately been waiting for,
Starmer said in a statement,
