‘Peace Is Possible’: Metsola Welcomes Freeing Of Israeli Hostges
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola hailed the freeing of the 20 remaining Israeli hostages as a “historic day of hope in Israel and the entire Middle East”.
“After two years of pain and heartbreak, all those remaining hostages are free and back into the arms of their loved ones. The guns have fallen silent,” Metsola said.
“All my thoughts are with all those families whose unimaginable pain I have witnessed over the last two years.”
“Peace is possible. The intergenerational cycle of terror, war and horror can be broken.”
She thanked US President Donald Trump for brokering this peace deal, as well as the governments of Egypt, Qatar and Türkiye, and said the EP is ready to help ensure the implementation of the agreement.
The 20 hostages, who were captured by Hamas on 7th October 2022, were freed in exchange for the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. This is the first step of an official ceasefire which came into force on Friday.
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