Ron Dermer, 54, was born in the US and started working as a Benjamin Netanyahu adviser in 2003. (Photo: Ron Dermer/Facebook) Show Quick Read Summary is AI Generated. Newsroom Reviewed

Ron Dermer, Israel’s minster of strategic affairs and close ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, announced he is stepping down, weeks after helping secure the release of most Israeli hostages as part of a ceasefire with Hamas.

Dermer led the Israeli team that negotiated over the fate of the hostages seized by Hamas following the Oct. 7, 2023 attack on southern Israel. A former ambassador to the US, he enjoyed close relations with the Trump administration and became a de facto liaison between the two countries over the hostage issue and when Israel and the US struck Iranian nuclear sites earlier t

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