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Saturday, February 15, 2025
Milei welcomes release of Israeli-Argentine hostage Iair Horn, wishes for ‘absolute defeat’ of Hamas
Argentina's President Javier Milei waves as he arrives for his speech at the Annual Meeting of World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, January 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Argentine President Javier Milei acknowledges the role his staunch ally, US President Donald Trump, played in the ceasefire deal that led to the release of Argentine-Israeli hostage Iair Horn today, according to a government statement.
Milei says Argentina’s government repeats its call for Hamas to release all the remaining hostages, including Iair’s brother, Eitan Horn. Both were kidnapped by Hamas-led terrorists from Iair’s home in Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023.
Milei says his country “hopes for a swift resolution to the conflict with the absolute defeat of the terrorist group responsible for the worst attack against the Jewish community since the Holocaust.”
