IsraelTrump meets hostage families on Monday before speech in Knesset
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12.10.2025 - 04:49
US President Donald Trump speaks during a cabinet meeting at the White House. Photo: Evan Vucci/AP/dpa
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Before his speech in the Israeli parliament on Monday morning, US President Donald Trump will meet with relatives of the Hamas hostages in the Knesset.
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12.10.2025, 04:49
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This was announced by the White House. In the afternoon, Trump will then travel on to the Egyptian coastal town of Sharm el-Sheikh for a "Middle East peace ceremony" to mark the agreement he brokered between Israel and the Palestinian organization Hamas.
According to reports, Trump's government plane is scheduled to take off on Sunday afternoon (local time) and land in the Israeli coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv on Monday morning (09:20 local time). At 11.00 a.m., Trump plans to give a speech to the Knesset - the Israeli parliament. Before that - at around 10.45 a.m. - he will meet hostage families in the Knesset, according to the White House schedule.
The US President will then set off for Egypt at 1 p.m., arriving in Sharm el-Sheikh at 1.45 p.m. (local time). The ceremony is scheduled to begin at 2.30 pm. Trump will then start his return journey at around 5 p.m., and the President will be back in Washington on Tuesday night (local time).