Winning the release of the surviving Israeli hostages from Hamas captivity and bringing even a temporary end to the fighting in Gaza is an achievement worth celebrating. If it were easy, it would have happened sooner. All who have been involved in the complex and contentious negotiations—including President Trump and his team, led by Stephen Witkoff, who are credited by all involved as key players—that have brought us to this point deserve recognition.

To the extent that what has been revealed about the agreement comes to pass—most notably that the remaining living 20 Israeli hostages are finally freed after over two years, that a process for returning the bodies of those who died in confinement is undertaken and that the Israelis withdraw their army from a substantial portion of Gaza—it

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