President Trump said he is “READY” for an Iranian peace deal whenever they are, emphasizing, “This is all I do in my life. I make DEALS!” He expressed confidence that Iran would cooperate, noting, “They’ve been battered and bruised… they need some help… I’d love to take the sanctions off when they’re ready!” Trump added, “I think Iran is gonna be fine,” praising the Iranian people as “great, smart, lawyers, engineers, academics” who have suffered significant setbacks, and claimed that without pressure on their nuclear program, the recent Gaza-Hamas deal might not have been possible.
POTUS: “Two years ago… thousands of innocent Israeli civilians were attacked by terrorists in one of the most evil and heinous desecrations of innocent life the world has ever seen… please know that America joins you in those two everlasting vows—NEVER FORGET, and NEVER AGAIN.”
POTUS: “This is not only the End of a war—it is the END of an age of terror and death, and the BEGINNING of the age of faith, hope, and of God… This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”
TRUMP: “After two harrowing years in darkness and captivity, 20 courageous hostages are returning to the glorious embrace of their families… And after so many years of unceasing war and endless danger, today, the skies are calm, the guns are silent, the sirens are still, and the sun rises on a Holy Land that is FINALLY AT PEACE—a land and a region that will live, God willing, in peace for all eternity.”
The IDF released footage capturing the moment the freed hostages—Matan Angrest, brothers Gali and Ziv Berman, Alon Ohel, Eitan Mor, Omri Miran, and Guy Gilboa-Dala—crossed the border into Israel after being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
