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World leaders, lawmakers, and public figures are calling on the Nobel Committee to honor President Donald Trump after he brokered what Israeli officials hailed as a “miraculous” deal set to free all remaining hostages and bring an end to the Gaza war — an achievement hailed as historic and unprecedented, with allies calling him the “President of Peace” and “the peacemaker the world needed.”

House Democrat Tom Suozzi (D-NY) is praising President Donald Trump’s administration for the peace deal between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas.

President Donald Trump said at the top of Thursday’s White House cabinet meeting that he expects the release of Hamas’s remaining hostages on Monday or Tuesday, adding it is a “complicated process” to retrieve them.

Celebrations continued Thursday in Israel at the hostage deal negotiated by U.S. President Donald Trump, with one hostage’s hometown declaring that it will name its new soccer stadium after the American leader.

“A great day for Israel,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declared Wednesday night, announcing the approval of a landmark deal to bring home all the remaining Israeli hostages — a breakthrough reached with direct backing from President Donald Trump.

The terrorist organization Hamas has reportedly agreed to the ceasefire in Gaza and the peace plan set by the Trump administration. 

During an interview aired on Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Ronen Neutra, the father of deceased Hamas hostage Omer Neutra, stated that President Donald Trump pressured both Israel and Hamas to get a deal and also stated that “we’re in

U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee marked the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack on Israel by calling for the remaining Israeli hostages to be freed in a new deal.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder said Saturday that President Donald Trump “is the Peace President,” declaring that if ongoing efforts result in Hamas’s disarmament, the return of all hostages, and an end to the Gaza war, Trump “without question deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night said Israel is “on the verge of a very great achievement,” expressing hope that a deal could be reached in the coming days to bring home all remaining hostages in one phase while the IDF maintains control inside Gaza.

President Donald Trump announced Saturday afternoon that Israel has agreed to a proposed withdrawal line, and that a ceasefire will begin if and when Hamas agrees. 

President Donald Trump said Friday that his administration is “very close” to reaching “peace in the Middle East” after Hamas agreed to peace talks. 

Hamas reportedly has agreed to release all Israeli hostages and end the war — though it was not clear if the group has agreed to disarm.

The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Wednesday issued qualified support for President Trump’s Gaza plan, with concerns — praising its promise to free hostages while warning of concessions that could empower terrorists, but adding that if the deal is properly interpreted and carried out, it has “the potential to dramatically change the landscape and increase the safety and security of Israel and its people, and improve the lives of Jews, Arabs, Muslims, and Christians in the Middle East.”

President Donald Trump indicated that a peace deal between Israel and Hamas regarding the Gaza Strip is on the horizon and called for the return of the remaining hostages.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump told reporters on Friday that “it’s looking like we have a deal on Gaza,” which he said would include the return of hostages still held captive by Hamas.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addressed the U.N. General Assembly in New York City on Thursday by video link, since he and the rest of his delegation were denied visas to enter the United States for reasons of national security.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard responded to arguments that Hamas could simply end the war right now if it surrendered and released hostages by saying that “Hamas must release all hostages.

French President Emmanuel Macron used his address Tuesday at the United Nations General Assembly to call for global support of international legal institutions, including the International Criminal Court, and to promote a new plan for peace in Gaza after recently recognizing the statehood of Palestine.

On Monday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) stated that people are declaring support for a Palestinian state because they’re upset with Israel over how it has handled the war and

Israel’s Hostage and Missing Families Forum condemned the United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia Sunday for recognizing a Palestinian state while there are still Israeli hostages in captivity in Gaza.

Freed American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander will return to duty as a soldier with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), he announced Thursday.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu thanked President Donald Trump on Monday evening after the latter demanded that Hamas release all of its remaining Israeli hostages — or “ALL ‘BETS’ ARE OFF.’

Roughly one in four residents of Gaza City has evacuated, ahead of an Israeli assault on the last Hamas strongholds in the territory, according to estimates by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF).

On Thursday’s broadcast of CNN International’s “The Brief,” Ruby Chen, whose son, Itay Chen, is believed to have been killed in the October 7 attack, and, if so, has had his body held in Gaza, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but

Elizabeth Tsurkov, 38, a Russian-Israeli and Princeton University graduate student, was released from captivity Tuesday evening after being held as a hostage by an Iran-backed militia in Iraq for more than two years.

Hamas has rejected, and Israel has accepted, the terms proposed by President Donald Trump for ending the war in Gaza with the release of the remaining Israeli hostages, according to reports in the Israeli media.

Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said Tuesday that what is left of Gaza will be destroyed if Hamas does not release the remaining 48 Israeli hostages, as many as 20 of whom may still be alive.

A former Israeli hostage, held for more than 16 months by Hamas terrorists, is speaking out in an exclusive interview with Breitbart News — describing brutal captivity in Gaza’s tunnels and declaring that President Donald Trump’s return to power gave him his first real hope of survival, saying he owes the U.S. Commander in Chief his life, insisting the president sincerely cares, makes peace, and deserves the “Nobel Peace Prize.” 

President Donald Trump warned Hamas on Sunday that it had one last chance to reach a hostage deal, or else.

President Donald Trump’s administration has proposed a last-minute hostage deal that would see all of the remaining Israeli hostages released in exchange for ending the war in Gaza. Hamas has yet to accept it.

On Saturday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “The Weekend,” MSNBC host Ayman Mohyeldin said that Hamas released an American hostage thinking that if they showed President Donald Trump “a good faith gesture,” then “the President will somehow reciprocate and maybe force Netanyahu

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) retrieved the bodies of two Israeli hostages from Gaza, where they had been held by Hamas since October 7, 2023, according to an announcement on Friday.

Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir reportedly urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take a hostage deal that he said was “on the table” during a visit to a military base in the port city of Haifa.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that he had approved plans to take over the last Hamas stronghold in Gaza City — while also pursuing negotiations for the release of all Israeli hostages.

Lebanon released an Israeli Arab citizen on Thursday who had been imprisoned there for a year, in a move that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed as a “sign of things to come” on hostage releases.