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Saturday, October 11, 2025
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Saturday, October 11, 2025
Witkoff to give 1st speech at tonight’s Hostages Square rally, alongside Kushner
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US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, right, and Jared Kushner arrive before President Donald Trump holds a news conference with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at which Trump unveiled a plan to end the war in Gaza, in the State Dining Room of the White House, September 29, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff will be the first speaker at tonight’s mass rally at Hostages Square, alongside Jared Kushner, the Hostage and Missing Families Forum announces.
They are set to first meet with the families of hostages.
Witkoff and Kushner spearheaded the negotiations that secured the first phase of the deal, which will see the 48 hostages freed.
Tens of thousands are expected to attend tonight’s event in Tel Aviv.
The square is fast filling up.
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