U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks throughout a press briefing in Washington, D.C., U.S., Oct. 1, 2025.
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President Donald Trump plans to greet Israeli hostages “in particular person” after they’re launched by the fear group Hamas from Gaza, Vice President JD Vance mentioned Sunday.
Trump is scheduled to fly to Israel on Sunday afternoon.
Vance confirmed reporting by The Wall Avenue Journal that Hamas has mentioned it holds 20 dwelling hostages
Vance, in an interview on NBC Information’ “Meet the Press,” mentioned the hostages can be launched at “any second now.”
Trump intends to “greet the hostages Monday morning, Center Jap time, which ought to be late, you already know, Sunday evening or very early Monday morning right here in the US,” he mentioned.
The deliberate launch of the hostages comes days after Israel’s authorities accredited the primary part of a peace cope with Hamas.
Hamas took about 250 individuals hostage throughout its Oct. 7, 2023, assault on Israel from Gaza, sparking a two-year conflict that has devastated that Palestinian territory.
Vance known as the hostages’ launch “a monumental factor.”
“It is nice, after all, for his or her households,” he mentioned. “However I actually do suppose that it exhibits what occurs once you go exterior the standard failed diplomatic routes and really strive one thing new.”
Throughout a separate look on Fox Information’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Vance mentioned he doesn’t anticipate that Israel will be capable of retrieve the stays of useless hostages from Hamas.
“I believe that we’ll ultimately get a lot of the our bodies, however we cannot get all of them,” Vance mentioned.
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