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We have a deal for the hostages in the Middle East. They will be released shortly. Thank you
Trump wrote on his social media platform Truth Social With this deal in place, my National Security team, through the efforts of Special Envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, will continue to work closely with Israel and our Allies to make sure Gaza NEVER again becomes a terrorist safe haven,
Trump said in a second post 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 an emailed statement Fighting in Gaza will stop, and soon the hostages return home to their families,
President Biden said at the White House Let’s hope this ceasefire will put an end to the fighting and mark the beginning of a sustained peace. Belgium stands ready to help,
I can’t believe that this nightmare of more than a year is finally coming to an end. We have lost so many people, we’ve lost everything,
said Randa Sameeh, a 45-year-old displaced from Gaza City to the Nuseirat Camp in the centre of the territory I feel joy, despite everything we’ve lost.”
In Gaza City, 27-year-old Abdul Karim said I can’t believe I will finally see my wife and two children again,
What I realised in this war is that your home, your homeland and your children are all you have,
I swear to God I won’t return to Gaza. I’m so tired and fed up,
he said from Deir el-Balah, where he sleeps with his family inside a small crowded tent As soon as there is a ceasefire, I will return and kiss my land in Beit Hanoon in north Gaza,
said Umm Mohamed, a 66-year-old woman who lost two of her 10 children when an Israeli bomb fell on her home in December 2023 I want to leave Gaza and just go anywhere else,
I have mixed feelings … but I pray to God that we can return to our normal lives without feeling insecure,
said Mohamed Abu Rai, a 47-year-old medic, from his office in Deir el-Balah We need to go back eventually, you know?”
He was a great and very kind teacher. When he died, it really affected me and it still hurts until now,
Rayyes told Al Jazeera via phone from Cairo, Egypt, where she has been living with her husband and three children since last year There has been so much destruction and we are starting from zero, again. Always rebuilding our communities steals so much time from our lives. Each day we lose, we don’t get back,
Bilal was really one of the best people in the world,
Staying alive in Gaza was always just a matter of luck,
I believe we will get a ceasefire,
US secretary of state Antony Blinken said We need to move forward now towards a two-state solution. And since one of the two states exists, which is Israel, we need to build the other state, which is Palestine,
said Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide, the host of the meeting
