Vice President JD Vance confirmed to ABC “This Week” co-anchor George Stephanopoulos that Hamas has stated they’re holding 20 residing hostages, and that these hostages are anticipated to be launched within the subsequent 24 hours as President Donald Trump was headed to the area later Sunday to mark the event.
“Effectively, they have been confirmed, George. After all you do not know till you see these individuals alive. However thank God we anticipate to see them alive right here within the subsequent 24 hours, in all probability early tomorrow morning, U.S. time, which shall be later within the day, after all, in Israel,” Vance stated.
Vice President JD Vance speaks with ABC Information whereas showing on This Week, Oct. 12, 2025.
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“We’re on the cusp of true peace within the Center East. Actually, for the primary time in my lifetime, definitely these 20 hostages are going to return residence to their households, George. I believe this can be a nice second for our nation. Our nation must be happy with our diplomats who made this occur. It is actually an incredible second for the world, too, which is why the president’s going to go over there and rejoice with these hostages. Nevertheless it’s an incredible factor, and I am very enthusiastic about it,” he stated.
Trump is scheduled to go away for his go to to Israel and Egypt on Sunday afternoon and can meet with hostage households on the Israeli Knesset on Monday.
The Wall Road Journal was the primary to report Hamas’ affirmation of the 20 residing hostages.
With the U.S. Central Command establishing a coordination heart in Israel to assist and monitor the ceasefire settlement between Hamas and Israel, Vance stated it was “misreported” that further members of the U.S. army have been being despatched to the area — claiming that “We have already got troops at Central Command.”
A U.S. official instructed ABC Information that 200 troops are being despatched to Israel, nonetheless, to specialise in transportation, planning, logistics, safety and engineering. Vance additionally repeated claims from prime officers that no U.S. troops are meant to enter Gaza.
“So, that story is definitely misreported. We have already got troops at Central Command. We have had them for many years on this nation. They will monitor the phrases of the ceasefire. That is all the things from guaranteeing that the Israeli troops are on the agreed upon line, guaranteeing that Hamas will not be attacking harmless Israelis, doing all the things that they will to make sure the peace that we have created, really sustains and endures,” Vance stated.
“However the concept we will have troops on the bottom in Gaza, in Israel, that that isn’t our intention, that isn’t our plan. There was a little bit of a misreporting there, however we’re going to monitor this peace to make sure that it endures,” he added.
