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UN chief praises Trump’s ‘large contribution’ to Gaza ceasefire-hostage deal
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a speech during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos on January 22, 2025. (FABRICE COFFRINI / AFP)
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres hails US President Donald Trump’s diplomatic efforts to secure a hostage release and ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas after some 15 months of war.
“There was a large contribution of the robust diplomacy of the at-the-time president-elect of the United States,” he says at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Arab officials told the Times of Israel last week that they believe Trump and his envoy Steve Witkoff were responsible for the breakthrough that led to the deal.
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