Former Hamas hostages are calling for envoys to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump and Middle East Steve Witkov to maneuver rapidly to free the remaining hostages, even when it means stopping army operations.
After the discharge of American Israeli Edan Alexander earlier this week, 65 Hamas prisoner survivors have seized Netanyahu, Trump and Witkov for the second, urging them to “not cease this historic momentum.”
President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet on the White House in Washington, DC on February 4, 2025 (Reuters/Elizabeth Franz)
“We consider that the Israeli authorities faces an actual alternative to return to the negotiation desk. We urge everybody concerned on this course of. Please do not go away till a complete deal has been signed,” the letter states.
Edan Alexander’s launch affords a “window of alternative” for wider hostage commerce amid Trump’s go to to the Middle East
On October 7, 2023, Hamas obtained 251 hostages, of which 121 had been American residents. Keith Siegel, Edan Alexander and Sagui Dekel Chen are all coming again to life. The physique of Hirsch Goldberg Porin was faraway from Gaza in August 2023. Hamas nonetheless holds the our bodies of a number of Americans confirmed to be useless: Omar Neutra, Itai Chen, Judith Weinstein Hagai and Gadi Hagai.
Israeli supporters have been holding hostages within the Gaza Strip since October 2023 throughout a rally calling for a change settlement with the Palestinian Hamas Group on February 11, 2025, to convey again the remaining prisoners of struggle (by way of Menahem Kahanna/AFP by way of Getty Images)
Hostages launched from Gaza say to Trump that he was “despatched by God” to avoid wasting them, however dozens extra
Siegel is without doubt one of the former hostages who signed the letter. He beforehand thanked Trump for securing his launch and even believes the president is alive. Now he joins different former Hamas prisoners and calls for freedom from those that stay in Gaza, “no matter which citizenship they maintain.”
President Donald Trump meets Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman on the Royal Court in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (Winn McNamee/Getty Images)
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While Alexander was within the Middle East since his launch, Trump has been engaged on US offers, lots of which may benefit Israel as effectively, however the newest offers appear to be irrelevant to the remainder of the hostages.
The president requested Syria to hitch the Abraham Accord in change for aid from the sanctions and normalize ties with Israel. Additionally, Trump mentioned Damascus must deport “Palestinian terrorists” and that the US will stop ISIS from reviving and envisage accusations at ISIS detention centres in northeastern Syria.