‘War in Gaza Is Over,’ Trump Says During Middle East Trip
President Trump visited Egypt and Israel on Monday as the 20 hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
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President Trump visited Egypt and Israel on Monday as the 20 hostages in Gaza were returned to Israel in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and detainees.
With Hamas freeing the last 20 living Israeli hostages and Israel releasing some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners, President Trump proclaimed an ‘end’ to the war, but big questions about Gaza’s future remain.
The Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been on trial for corruption since 2020, battling charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in three separate but related cases.
The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.
Except for brief references, President Trump did not talk about what it would take to rebuild Gaza or the future of the Palestinian people.
With the release from Gaza of the last surviving captives, many Israelis said it was time for the country to heal after years of polarizing war.
The cease-fire in Gaza has taken hold. Hostages and prisoners have been exchanged. But amid the utter devastation of two years of war, a sense of gloom pervades.
Except for brief references, President Trump did not talk about what it would take to rebuild Gaza or the future of the Palestinian people.
The diplomatic deals that opened ties between Israel and several Arab countries were hailed as a landmark moment, but have failed to bring peace to the Middle East.
President Trump was given a standing ovation before a speech in the Israeli Parliament in which he claimed a cease-fire was “the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”