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The United States informed Israel that the expected release of hostage Edan Alexander will launch renewed negotiations over a ceasefire and hostage deal in Gaza.
The negotiations will be carried out under the outline proposed by the Trump administration’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff, the PMO said, stressing that the outline had already been agreed to by Israel.
Witkoff spoke by phone with Netanyahu and Israeli Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer on Sunday and updated them on the deal to release Alexander, following discussions with Hamas.
Israel is ‘preparing for the possibility’ negotiations will materialize, Netanyahu’s office added in its official statement.
Further, Netanyahu’s office stated that negotiations will be held under fire, as per Israeli policy.
Steve Witkoff, Adam Boehler to visit Israel
Witkoff, who was the first to tell the Alexander family of their son’s expected release from Hamas captivity in Gaza, will visit Israel on Monday along with Trump’s envoy, Adam Boehler.
Their visit comes amid US President Donald Trump’s trip to the Middle East, which will not include a stop in Israel.
The Trump administration negotiated with the Gaza-based resistance group for several days before an agreement on Alexander’s release was announced.
In response, the Alexander family noted their ‘deepest gratitude’ towards the Trump administration.
‘Today, on Mother’s Day, we received the greatest gift imaginable—news that our beautiful son Edan is returning home after 583 days in captivity in Gaza. We express our deepest gratitude to President Trump, Steve Witkoff, and the US administration for their tireless work to make this happen.’
Earlier on Sunday, N12 reported that Witkoff made comments highly critical of Israel in a meeting with hostage families.
‘We want to bring the hostages home, but Israel is not willing to end the war. Israel is prolonging it despite the fact that we don’t see where else we can go and that an agreement must be reached,’ Witkoff said, according to N12, which cited sources present at the meeting.
Israel had been preparing in recent days to launch another full-scale invasion of the Gaza Strip. Last week, IDF Chief of Staff Lt.-Gen. Eyal Zamir and Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) head Ronen Bar approved the final tactical plans for the widening of the invasion, which was more generally authorized by the security cabinet earlier in May.
The Palestinians are the Judeans. The Israelis are Eastern European land thieves.
ed note–no, the Palestinians are Palestinians, and despite whatever percentage of Jews come from eastern Europe, they are still ‘Judeans’ in the sense that they are followers of the deranged creed of Judah-ism and are intent–just as their ancestors were 3,000 years ago, of stealing the Middle East for themselves.