US President Donald Trump says his administration is working to release the remaining hostages and to end the war in Gaza.
“We’ve been working tirelessly to bring back all hostages held by Hamas,” Trump says, highlighting yesterday’s release of American-Israeli Edan Alexander.
“We continue to work to get that war ended as quickly as possible. It’s a horrible thing that’s taking place,” Trump says, again appearing to break with Israel, which has pushed back against calls to end the war, arguing that it would leave Hamas in power.
Trump adds that “all civilized people must condemn the October 7 atrocities against Israel.”
“The people of Gaza deserve a much better future, but that will or cannot occur as long as their leaders choose to kidnap, torture and target innocent men, women and children for political ends,” Trump says.
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