Benjamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump, in 2021. (Credit: AFP)
It is now without intermediaries that the Trump administration is negotiating the fate of the 59 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, including five Americans, one of whom is still alive."American lives are at stake," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated to justify the direct talks with Hamas conducted on Tuesday in Doha by the American envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler. While Washington always refused to engage in direct contact with the Islamist movement, designated as a terrorist organization since 1997, Donald Trump's initiative marked an unprecedented turning point in American diplomacy regarding the war in the Palestinian enclave. On Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog praised Donald Trump's "commitment" to the release of the hostages, thanking him for "hearing the cries of the...
It is now without intermediaries that the Trump administration is negotiating the fate of the 59 hostages still held in the Gaza Strip, including five Americans, one of whom is still alive."American lives are at stake," White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated to justify the direct talks with Hamas conducted on Tuesday in Doha by the American envoy for hostages, Adam Boehler. While Washington always refused to engage in direct contact with the Islamist movement, designated as a terrorist organization since 1997, Donald Trump's initiative marked an unprecedented turning point in American diplomacy regarding the war in the Palestinian enclave. On Wednesday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog praised Donald Trump's "commitment" to the release of the hostages, thanking him for "hearing the cries of the...
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