US President Donald Trump offered rare praise to Hamas during his State of the Union address, saying the Palestinian movement had “worked along with Israel” to retrieve the bodies of Israeli captives.
In a section of the speech on wars abroad, Trump claimed he had ended eight wars.
“Cambodia and Thailand. Pakistan and India,” the president said. “Kosovo and Serbia. Israel and Iran. Egypt and Ethiopia. Armenia and Azerbaijan. The Congo and Rwanda.”
“And, of course, the war in Gaza, which proceeds at a very low level, it’s just about there.”
Trump thanked his son-in-law and adviser Jared Kushner, his Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff and Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
