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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
Gallant meets senior US official, touts ‘real possibility’ for hostage deal breakthrough
Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief
Likud MK Yoav Gallant, left, meets with White House Mideast czar Brett McGurk in Washington on December 10, 2024. (Yoav Gallant/Facebook)
After meeting with White House Mideast czar Brett McGurk in Washington, former defense minister Yoav Gallant says “there’s a real possibility for a breakthrough” toward a hostage deal with Hamas in the near future.
The breakthrough was made possible by a series of accomplishments Israel has made on the battlefield in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran, which led to “the weakening of the Shiite axis, to the point of the fall of the murderous Assad regime,” Gallant says in a Facebook post.
