U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that the remaining hostages, whom Hamas holds in Gaza, will be released on Monday or Tuesday under the peace agreement that the terror group signed with Israel.
Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Trump called the deal a “momentous breakthrough.”
“We secured the release of all of the remaining hostages and they should be released on Monday or Tuesday. Getting them is a complicated process,” Trump said. “That’ll be a day of joy.”
Trump said that he would try to attend an official signing ceremony for the agreement in Egypt but said the exact timing for that meeting still needed to be determined.
One potential complication in the agreement is whether Hamas will be able to retrieve and deliver both the living hostages, thought to number about 20, an