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President Donald Trump couldn’t resist slipping in a few sly remarks about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a speech celebrating the ceasefire agreement and hostage exchange between Israel and Hamas.
When President Donald Trump flies home from the Middle East on Monday, the region fading from view out his windows will undoubtedly be a changed one: the hostages who suffered underground in Gaza the last two years are free,
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel and Hamas moved ahead on a key first step of the tenuous Gaza ceasefire agreement on Monday by freeing hostages and prisoners, raising hopes that the U.S.-brokered deal might lead to a permanent end to the two-year war that ravaged the Palestinian territory.
Trump gave an hour-long speech to the Israeli parliament as hostages were freed and the Palestinian prisoner release began. Here are the key moments.
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.