“President-elect Trump, please, I'm pleading [with] you to maintain focus on the hostage crisis. They must not be forgotten."
IAF targets Hezbollah command, military infrastructure in Lebanon • IDF preparing opening of Kissufim crossing for transferring humanitarian aid to Gaza
Hezbollah lawmaker Ibrahim al-Moussawi said that Hezbollah welcomes any effort to stop the war in Lebanon but does not pin hopes for a ceasefire on any particular US administration.
Multiple analysts said they expected fighting to continue in some form despite Trump’s warnings.
Gallant explained that he was in the minority but represented the entire security apparatus that believed a deal could be advanced and even reached.
Gallant’s firing comes amid a dramatic shift in the geopolitics of Israel’s multi-front war, with Donald Trump’s dramatic re-election to the White House on that same day.
"I am proof that they can still be saved!" former hostage Schem said.