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After facing backlash for staying silent as Israeli hostages were freed from Gaza, NYC socialist mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani finally broke his silence Monday afternoon.

"Today’s scenes of Israelis and Palestinians are profoundly moving: Israeli hostages being freed and families reunited after years of fear, uncertainty, and torture; the first days in Gaza without relentless Israeli bombardment of Palestinians as families return to rubble and loved ones freed from detention," Mamdani posted on X on Monday shortly after 4 p.m. EST in a message that did not mention President Donald Trump or acknowledge his role in the negotiations.

Mamdani went on to mark the development as a "glimmer of hope" that the ceasefire wil

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