New York Post

families celebrate peace deal on phone call with prez

President Trump said Wednesday he expects Hamas to release all remaining Israeli hostages on Monday — as families celebrated the breakthrough peace agreement between Israel and the Palestinian terror group.

“The big thing is hostages are going to be released probably, our time, would be, probably Monday,” Trump told Fox News host Sean Hannity, in an interview hours after he announced that both Hamas and Israel had agreed to the first phase of his 20-point plan for peace in the Middle East.

“They’re in a terrible situation there,” Trump said of the 48 hostages believed to be in Gaza, more than half of whom are thought to be dead.

“They’re deep in the earth, and they’re being gotten and a lot of things are happening right now as we speak,” the president continued.

“So much is happening to get the hostages freed, and we think they’ll all be coming back on Monday.”

Shortly after announcing the peace deal, Trump called the family members of the hostages who were with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and said that “they’re all coming back on Monday.”

“Mr. President, we believe in you. We know you’ve done so much for us since you became president — even before that,” said Moshe Emilio Lavi, whose brother-in-law Omri Miran was abducted during the invasion on Oct. 7.

“We trust you to fulfill the mission until every hostage, every 48 of the hostages are home. Thank you so much. Blessed be the peacemakers.”

“God bless you, Mr. President. God Bless America,” another family member said in the video shared by the White House.

“And today, President Trump has done it. He announced just now that our loved ones, the hostages, are coming home,” a family member said in the video.

“We will not stop fighting until we see the last of the 48 return to their family, those who were murdered in captivity, buried in the Land of Israel, those who are still alive, walking through the border and reuniting with their families.”