Hamas Says Trump Envoy Broke Deal After Release of U.S. Soldier from Gaza

“It was a deal,” said Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, in an interview with Drop Site. He said the promise came from Witkoff himself. “They didn’t violate the deal. They threw it in the trash.”

Alexander, a dual U.S.-Israeli settler, was captured by Palestinian resistance fighters from an Israeli tank on October 7, 2023. He used to serve in the Israeli military. His release this week marked the first time Hamas freed a male Israeli soldier since the genocide…