Trump: We’re close to bringing last hostage out of Gaza, Board of Peace will ‘spread to other things’

The newly unveiled Board of Peace “has the chance to be one of the most consequential bodies ever,” says US President Donald Trump at the unveiling ceremony for his panel of world leaders meant to oversee peace efforts in Gaza and beyond.

“We have painstakingly maintained… the Gaza ceasefire,” says Trump.

“You don’t hear those stories anymore with people starving,” he says, pointing at the aid flowing into Gaza.

Turning to his efforts to get the last 20 living hostages out of Gaza, Trump recalls, “I said, boy that’s going to be a tough one… and it was a tough one but we got them all, 20, every one of them.”

“We’re close on the track” of bringing the body of Master Sgt. Ran Gvili back to Israel, says Trump, without mentioning him by name.

“We are committed to making sure that Gaza is demilitarized, properly governed, and beautifully rebuilt,” Trump declares. “It’s going to be a great plan.”

He says that the Board of Peace “can spread out to other things” once it succeeds in Gaza. “We can do numerous other things… We can do pretty much whatever we want to do, and we’ll do it in conjunction with the United Nations.”

The combination of the Board of Peace and the UN “can be something very unique for the world.”