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After the Gaza cease-fire, the president is aiming for a broader peace in a region transformed by two years of fighting.
The Middle East ceasefire and release of Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners are creating renewed hope for lasting peace in Gaza.
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'War is over' in Gaza, Trump says on way to Middle East
US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that the "war is over in Gaza" as he headed on a high-stakes peace trip to Israel and Egypt.Trump will then head to Egypt where he and President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will co-host a summit of more than 20 world leaders to back his plan to end the Gaza war and promote Middle East peace.
President Trump has left the entire Middle East on the “cusp of a sustainable peace,” Vice President JD Vance said Sunday. Vance, 41, said he is “very confident” that Hamas will release the hostages to Israel as agreed — and credited Trump’s “non-traditional diplomacy” for the historic diplomatic breakthrough.