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Netanyahu: Kushner and Witkoff coming ‘to finish this,’ won’t reopen any clause relating to hostages
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White House special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner wait for the arrival of US President Donald Trump at Teterboro Airport in Teterboro, New Jersey on July 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells Channel 12 regarding the imminent negotiations in Egypt on the release of all Israeli hostages in the first phase of US President Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza: “Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff are arriving soon to finish this. They aren’t coming to play games. They aren’t ready to reopen any clause relating to the release [of the hostages]. First bring the hostages, then the rest will come. I believe there is a good chance we will reach this.”
The two aides to Trump — Kushner, his son-in-law and a close adviser on the Middle East, and Witkoff, his special envoy to the region — are traveling to Egypt this weekend to help finalize details of the US plan for ending the war in Gaza.
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