President Trump said Friday he plans to visit Egypt and Israel during a one-day trip to the Middle East early next week to mark the implementation of a peace agreement that will see a pause in fighting in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages.
Trump told reporters he will visit Cairo while in Egypt, and he plans to speak at the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. He indicated many other world leaders would be in attendance. The president is expected to depart Sunday evening, spend Monday in the Middle East then fly back to Washington, D.C.
Trump indicated he wants to get back to the White House for a Tuesday ceremony to award Charlie Kirk, the late conservative activist, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The Trump administration and other intermediaries this week brokered a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, potentially ending a war that began more than two years ago when Hamas attacked Israel, killing more than 1,000 people. Thousands of Palestinians have been killed in Gaza in the subsequent Israeli military campaign, which has also caused mass destruction and famine.
Israeli forces withdrew from parts of Gaza on Friday, starting a 72-hour window for Hamas to release remaining hostages who were taken on Oct. 7, 2023.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, the president’s son-in-law and a senior White House adviser in Trump’s first term, have led talks in the Middle East in recent days with leaders in Egypt and Israel to ensure the deal is finalized and carried out.
“I think it’ll hold. They’re all tired of the fighting,” Trump said Friday of the agreement.
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