SETH J. FRANTZMAN
“This means that all of the hostages will be released very soon, and Israel will withdraw their troops to an agreed-upon line,” he posted overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, adding that these were the first steps toward a strong, durable, and everlasting peace.
Trump thanked Qatar, Egypt, and Turkey for their role as mediators. “Blessed are the peacemakers,” he wrote.
Trump’s push for peace and devotion to securing the release of the hostages have been key foundation stones of his second term. He has shown a deep emotional attachment to the hostages, inviting them and their families to the White House. This stems from his drive to bring American hostages home from abroad.
The Trump administration made it a priority to free Edan Alexander, the last living US hostage in Gaza. He also freed Elizabeth Tsurkov, an Israeli with Russian citizenship, who was held in Iraq. As the peace deal came into view, Trump hosted Alexander and the family of hostage Omer Neutra at the White House.
Trump believes he has a unique role to play as a historic peacemaker in the Middle East. He has sought to do this via the Abraham Accords – and now the peace deal. He has been able to achieve this through his unique blend of personal diplomacy and his sense of history.
A critical 10 days for peaceTrump rolled out his peace plan on September 29. Days later, on Friday, October 3, he said Hamas had accepted the deal, and that Israel should stop bombing Gaza so that both sides could work out the details.
Over the following days, teams from Israel, the US, Qatar, Turkey, and Hamas arrived in Egypt for talks. The pressure was on to get an agreement, and rumors swirled that Trump could come to the region if a deal was signed.
By Wednesday evening a deal was done. It had all happened in around 240 hours between the time of Trump welcoming Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House on September 29 to the sides agreeing to the deal overnight on October 8-9.
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