Israel, Gaza and Trump
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Primetime" analyze the possible impacts of the upcoming Israel-Hamas prisoner exchange on international diplomatic efforts.
The Qatari prime minister told The New York Times that Gaza war mediators decided to delay talks on more difficult issues so a hostage-prisoner swap could be concluded quickly.
President Trump "gaggled" with reporters aboard Air Force One as he traveled to Israel on Sunday to welcome the hostages home from Gaza and attend the official signing of the deal with Hamas. "The war is over,
Medical teams at an Israeli hospital awaiting the arrival of hostages expected to be released from Gaza are "prepared for anything," Noa Eliakim Raz, head of the Returning Hostages Unit at the Rabin Medical Center-Beilinson Hospital in Petah Tikva, told NBC News.
U.S. troops have begun to arrive in Israel to set up a coordination center that will oversee implementation of the ceasefire agreement in Gaza, two officials told ABC News. No U.S. troops will enter Gaza, the officials said.
Trump is expected to arrive in Israel on Monday, where he will address the Israeli parliament and hopes to meet hostages.
Elsewhere, dozens of aid trucks have been seen crossing into Gaza, but UN agencies say this falls short of what is needed in the territory.
Israel’s advocates fear that its conduct of the war has cost it the support of an entire generation of U.S. voters.