Gaza Strip
“They’re here because they’re part of an effort to retrieve their bodies, so they can be buried in a proper way,” Trump’s Middle East envoy said.
“The halting of violence and return of hostages are what people from across our city and the world have prayed and protested for,” said Jumaane Williams in a statement.
The Israeli grassroots movement opposes humanitarian aid while hostages are still being held and is asking the new U.S. president to stop shipments.
The finance minister accused Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi of having an aversion to anything smacking of military “occupation.”
The medical ambucycle was donated by the Falic family, prominent philanthropists.
The Texas senator received the drawings when he met with members of an Israeli family who had been released from Gaza.
“This is closure for the family ... it’s hard to express in words what I’m feeling,” said Shaul’s brother, Aviram.
“Thanks be to God. Thanks to my family, to Oreli, to the best friends I have in this world,” wrote the former captive.
“Our incoming administration has achieved all of this in the Middle East in less than three months without being president,” said the president-elect.
“Every last hostage must be released, and humanitarian aid must be provided to the hostages who are still waiting to come home,” said Mandy Damari, whose daughter Emily was one of the three freed hostages.
Ayman Odeh, who heads the far-left Hadash Party, was rebuked by both the left and the right.
Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of Israel’s strongest allies, says Saudi Arabia and the UAE “want Hamas gone at least as much as you do.”
