Trump’s Mideast Envoy Hopes Hostage Deal With Hamas Is Close
- President-elect says ‘all hell will break out’ without deal
- Envoy Witkoff to travel back to Qatar over negotiations
People walk by a wall with photos of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas in Tel Aviv, Israel.
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US President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming special envoy to the Middle East said negotiators could be on the verge of a deal to secure the release of hostages taken by Hamas in its war against Israel.
“I think that we’ve had some really great progress, and I’m really hopeful that by the inaugural we’ll have some good things to announce on behalf of the president,” Steven Witkoff said Tuesday at a press conference at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.