Witkoff, Kushner arrive in Israel, sources say
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On Tuesday, several recently freed Israeli hostages met in Tel Aviv with US Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff and former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner. On Tuesday, several recently freed Israeli hostages met in Tel Aviv with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and former senior White House adviser Jared Kushner,
President Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner and US Special Envoy to the Middle East Steve Witkoff — the pair largely responsible for Trump’s Israel-Hamas peace deal — provided rare insight into how the administration is trying to disarm the terror group and reestablish secure leadership in war-torn Gaza.
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Addressing their business in the Middle East, Kushner said: "What people call conflicts of interests, Steve and I call experience."
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US Vice President JD Vance departed the US to travel to Israel on Monday evening. US Vice President JD Vance departed the US to travel to Israel on Monday evening. Vance is due to be greeted at Ben-Gurion Airport by Deputy Prime Minister, Justice Minister, and Interior Minister Yariv Levin.
During the gathering, the former hostages urge Witkoff and Kushner to help bring back all 15 bodies of hostages remaining in Gaza, while Witkoff reaffirms the United States’ steadfast dedication to the mission and expresses his confidence in the ability to carry it out, according to the Hostages Forum statement from the meeting.