Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) said on Sunday there is a “long way to go” before achieving lasting peace in the Middle East, even as he expressed optimism about the hostage peace deal announced by the Trump administration.

“There will never be peace in the Mid East until you deal with Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Houthis because they're proxies of Iran,” Graham said in an interview on NBC News’s “Meet the Press.”

“But I'm excited about tomorrow. This will be a great day to get the hostages away from their bondage and their torture. And hopefully that will build to a lasting peace, but we have a long way to go. I still don't trust Hamas any further than I can throw them,” he continued.

Last Wednesday, Trump announced Israel and Hamas had both reached an agreement to release the remaining I

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