The news that the first step in President Trump’s peace plan and cease-fire in Gaza is coming to fruition was hailed with cheering in both Gaza and Israel. In addition to an end to the fighting, it means the remaining hostages should finally be coming home after their two-year ordeal with Hamas. Trump now says he expects to visit the war-ravaged Middle East soon to make “tremendous things” happen. ABC News correspondent Jordana Miller is based in Jerusalem; she appeared on 710 WOR’s Mendte in the Morning program to set the scene as Israelis realized the horrific situation may finally be resolved.
Miller told host Larry Mendte that the news of an official end to the hostility was met with disbelieving joy in Jerusalem. “I think there is an incredible sense of release- and I would say disbelief- that it happened so quickly, and gratitude to President Trump. I mean, it has been a night that I know I will always remember as clearly as I did the day the war started two years ago. The joy that broke out in Hostage Square, people dancing and singing, parents calling in to Israeli television and radio, crying and thanking President Trump, as well. It’s hard to believe that, after two years, the war really feels like it is over.”
In perhaps the first hint of levity at a time of tragedy, Miller recalled telling her two young children that the fear of nightly bomb sirens was now over: “Both of my children woke up around 3:30 in the morning last night here, and I said to them, hey guys, there’s no more sirens, you know, that’s it. No more bad guys, no more sirens… they said, “Yaaaayyyyy!”. Not even (sure) if they totally understood.”
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