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US President Donald Trump connected Tuesday met astatine the White House with released hostage Edan Alexander and his family, arsenic good arsenic the household of slain IDF subordinate Omer Neutra, amid ongoing negotiations successful Egypt implicit his program to extremity the warfare successful Gaza.Alexander, who was held by Hamas for 584 days, and Neutra’s household were received successful the Oval Office, wherever the White House reiterated that Trump remains committed to securing the merchandise of each hostages."Today, connected the 2nd day of the October 7 attack, President Trump welcomed Edan Alexander, who was held hostage by Hamas for 584 days, and the household of Omer Neutra to the Oval Office. President Trump is committed to bringing each hostage home," the White House said done a station connected X.
Speaking to the property aft the meeting, Ronen Neutra, Omer’s father, said they spoke with Trump connected behalf of the “28 bereaved families who are among the 40 full hostage families.”“We reminded him however important it is that the deceased are besides returned for burial,” Neutra added.Regarding the ongoing negotiations successful Egypt and the prospects of a woody to escaped hostages and extremity the warfare successful Gaza, Neutra said helium believes Trump is “hopeful, but helium said we should ‘wait and spot what happens successful the coming days.’”
In caller weeks, Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu person emphasized efforts to escaped the 20 surviving hostages, making nary notation to the deceased.Meanwhile, the archetypal time of indirect talks betwixt Israel and Hamas successful Egypt ended connected a “positive” note, with hopes rising for a woody nether Trump’s 20-point program to extremity the Gaza war. Talks are acceptable to proceed connected Tuesday.The Hamas delegation, including leaders Khalil al-Hayya and Zaher Jabarin, 2 negotiators who survived an Israeli assassination effort successful Doha past period that killed 5 people, is taking portion successful talks successful Sharm el-Sheikh.The discussions are mediated by Egypt and Qatar, with elder officials from the US, Qatar, and Turkey besides participating. The American delegation includes US envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, according to White House officials.On the archetypal day, the talks focused connected a projected captive and captive exchange, a ceasefire, and the transportation of humanitarian assistance to Gaza, arsenic cited by Al Jazeera. White House property caput Karoline Leavitt said Trump is advocating for an aboriginal speech of Israeli captives and Palestinian prisoners to make “momentum” for implementing different elements of his program to extremity the Gaza war. “The method teams are discussing that arsenic we speak, to guarantee that the situation is cleanable to merchandise those hostages,” and that teams were “going implicit the database of some the Israeli hostages and besides the governmental prisoners who volition beryllium released," Leavitt was quoted arsenic saying by Al Jazeera.
