WASHINGTON — President Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff said Thursday that he’s “confident” that the remains of all Israeli hostages will be returned from the Gaza Strip — as he predicted a significant expansion of the Abraham Accords following the cease-fire he helped broker with Hamas.
“We’ve gotten 10 back and we will pursue the return of the balance of the deceased until they all will come home and I’m confident that it will happen,” Witkoff said in a speech at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Witkoff, who, alongside Jared Kushner, sealed the deal to halt fighting and release all 20 living hostages Monday, said that “nothing is more sacred than a family’s right to bury” their relatives and that the US is working to secure the release of “all the bodies,” a matter that has embro