Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his government would gather on Thursday to ratify the peace agreement between Israel and Hamas and “bring all of our precious hostages home.”
Netanyahu’s office said in a statement that he had spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump and invited him to address the Knesset.
48 hostages remain to be returned. Israel has said it believes 20 are still alive.
Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, and son-in-law Jared Kushner, along with Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed Abdulrahman Al Thani, all participated in the talks for the third day.
“I thank President Trump and his team from the bottom of my heart for their commitment to this sacred mission of freeing our hostages,” Netanyahu said.
Hamas said that Trump and the guarantor states should ensure that the terms of the ceasefire are agreed to.
“We call on President Trump, the guarantor states of the agreement, and various Arab, Islamic, and international parties to compel the occupation government to fully implement the agreement’s requirements and not allow it to evade or delay the implementation of what has been agreed upon,” Hamas said.
