"Historic Dawn Of New Middle East": Trump In Israel After Hostages Return
https://c.ndtvimg.com/2025-10/v33jdc7o_trump-in-israel-afp-_650x400_13_October_25.jpg?downsize=773:435US President Donald Trump praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he began his speech in the Israeli Parliament, Knesset, hours after Hamas freed 20 remaining hostages: "Thank you very much, Bibi. Great job".
Trump is in Israel to celebrate the US-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal between Israel and Hamas, an agreement that he declared had effectively ended the war and opened the door to building a durable peace in the Middle East.
"This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East," he said, taking credit for his role in ending the war and freeing the hostages. "I am all about stopping the war," he said. Trump also promised a "golden age for Israel," just "like the USA right now."
"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," he said.
"This is not only the end of a war... This is the historic dawn of a new Middle East."
"The hostages are back, It feels so good to say it," he said.
Trump commented that "a lot of people said we were wasting our time" with regards to the ceasefire agreement, but thanks to several "great American patriots, we achieved this, he said.
Brief Interruption
His speech was briefly interrupted by sloganeering by two lawmakers, one of whom was holding up a sign reading "genocide". The lawmakers, Aymen Odeh and Ofer Cassif, were swiftly taken away by the security personnel at the Knesset.
Hamas released all 20 remaining hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that turned most of the Gaza strip into rubble, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians.
The war began when Hamas launched a surprise attack on southern Israel on October 7, 2023, in which around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, were killed and 251 taken hostage.
"Never forget, and never again," the US President declared as he remembered the October 7 victims.
Thanking mediators from the Arab and Muslim world, he said, "Let me also convey my tremendous appreciation for all of the nations of the Arab and Muslim world that came together to press Hamas to set the hostages free and to send them home."
"We had a lot of help, we had a lot of help from a lot of people that you wouldn't suspect, and I want to thank them very much for that. It's an incredible triumph for Israel and the world to have all of these nations working together as partners in peace," he added.
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