At a dinner with lawmakers on Friday, President Donald Trump said that 10 more hostages will be released from Gaza soon as part of a truce deal being worked on by both sides and American Special Envoy Steve Witkoff.
The truce would include a 60-day ceasefire, the hostage release along with 18 bodies in exchange for some Hamas detainees.
"We got most of the hostages back. We're going to have another 10 coming very shortly, and we hope to have that finished quickly," Trump said.
Discussions have been ongoing since July 6 at Doha, but no firm agreement has been struck.
Gaza's health ministry claimed that more than 58,600 Palestinians have been killed since Hamas terrorists operating from Gaza attacked Israel on October 7, 2023.
Around 1,200 Israelis were killed in the initial unprovoked, surprise attack, and another 250 hostages were taken by Hamas.
Since then, Israel has been attacking Gaza to get to the terrorists, vowing to wipe out Hamas so it can never attack Israel in that way again.
It is unknown whether Gaza's health ministry is inflating the casualty numbers to gain sympathy.
In any case, there is documented evidence of Hamas using the people of Gaza as human shields and encouraging civilian bombings to make Israel look guilty of targeting civilians.
Israel has provided literal tons of aid for Gaza, but much of it has been taken by Hamas before it can get to the people who need it.
U.S. intervention has likely prolonged the war, at least in its encouragement toward ceasefires and negotiations.
Every ceasefire only gives Hamas breathing space to regroup and continue its attacks.
Hamas's efforts have been most successful with the far-left in the U.S., which has protested against Israel on college campuses and other locations.
There's a sucker born every minute, it seems. TikTok has also provided a lot of propaganda trying to demonize Israel and lionize Hamas.
