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Saturday, February 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, February 8, 2025
US secretary of state: ‘Hamas MUST release ALL hostages NOW!’
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio gives a joint news conference with Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo at the National Palace in Guatemala City, February 5, 2025. (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio welcomes the release this morning of Gaza hostages Eli Sharabi, Or Levy and Ohad Ben Ami, after 16 months in Hamas captivity.
“After 490 harrowing days in captivity, Eli, Or, and Ohad are finally home in Israel,” he writes in a post on X.
He adds that US President Donald Trump “was clear — Hamas MUST release ALL hostages NOW!”
