Milei welcomes release of Israeli-Argentine hostage Iair Horn, wishes for ‘absolute defeat’ of Hamas

By AP and ToI Staff 15 February 2025, 11:41 pm

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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.”