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Donald Trump declared credit for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire, calling himself a “peacemaker and unifier.” The arrangement, including a captive exchange, ended a 15-month dispute in Gaza, which tore the area apart and led to 10s of countless casualties and considerable damage.
By Vijay Anand January 21, 2025, 12:17:12 AM IST (Published)
Donald Trump, newly minted 47th President of the United States, took credit for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire that caused a reprieve from a 15-month-long bloody dispute in the Gaza Strip that declared 10s of countless lives.
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A couple of minutes into his inaugural address, Trump styled himself a “peacemaker and unifier”, generally taking credit for the ambiguous peace in the fractured area, which was apparently brokered by Egypt and Qatar.
Describing Sunday's hostage-prisoner exchange, when Israel returned 90 Palestinian detainees in exchange for 3 captives held by Hamas, Trump stated, “My proudest tradition will be that of a peacemaker and unifier.”
Trump went on to include he was “delighted to state that since the other day, one day before I presumed workplace, the captives in the Middle East are returning home to their households.”
On January 15, Israel and Hamas accepted an offer to stop combating in Gaza and exchange Israeli captives for Palestinian detainees, ending the war– in the meantime, a minimum of– that has actually overthrown the Middle East.
The contract followed months of on-off settlements brokered by Egyptian and Qatari arbitrators, with the support of the United States.
Israeli soldiers got into Gaza after Hamas-led shooters broke through security barriers and burst into Israeli neighborhoods on October 7, 2023, eliminating 1,200 soldiers and civilians and snatching more than 250 foreign and Israeli captives.
Israel's project in Gaza has actually eliminated more than 46,000 individuals, according to Gaza health ministry figures, and left the narrow seaside enclave a wasteland of debris, with numerous thousands making it through the winter season cold in camping tents and makeshift shelters.
As his inauguration approached, Trump duplicated his need that an offer be done quickly, alerting consistently that there would be “hell to pay” if the captives were not launched. His Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff dealt with President Joe Biden's group to press the offer over the line.
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