Nick Reed 01.16.25 - Trump Announces Gaza Hostage & Ceasefire Deal

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Good Thursday morning! Here's what Nick Reed covers:

• Trump was the first to announce a ceasefire deal was reached in Gaza between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.
• Biden snapped at a reporter asking if Trump deserves credit for the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage release.
• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday accused Hamas of backing out of a cease-fire deal to release hostages and bring a pause to more than a year of fighting in the Gaza Strip.
• A top Qatari official said that Trump's pressure and the negotiating work of the President-elect's envoy Steve Witkoff helped push a long stalled ceasefire and hostage release deal between Hamas and Israel "over the line."
• State Department spokesman Matthew Miller also praised Trump's team.
• John Kirby says that both Biden and Trump worked as 'one team' in securing cease-fire deal.
• Trump said his incoming administration would look to further the Abraham Accord agreements.
• Gov. Gavin Newsom signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at cracking down on land speculators who make “aggressive and unsolicited cash offers” to purchase properties affected by the Southland wildfires.

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