UAE foreign minister appears to prioritize hostages for end to war in Gaza

UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed appears to prioritize the release of hostages held by Hamas as the first step to a solution to the war in Gaza, in an interview with Fox News.

“First, getting the hostages out, we need calm in Gaza, and we need an authority that’s not Hamas that controls Gaza,” he says.

He says that 42 percent of the aid that has gone into Gaza since the war began has been funded by the UAE, adding that without the Abraham Accords, he believes Abu Dhabi would not have been able to fund as much aid into Gaza.

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