U.S. Hostage Envoy Adam Boehler defended the United States’s negotiating directly with the Hamas terrorist group, though he acknowledged why Israeli officials were upset over the move. The Trump administration has been negotiating directly with Hamas over the release of its hostages,

Adam Boehler, the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, said on Sunday that recent direct talks between the U.S. and Hamas on continuing the cease-fire and hostage-release deal with Israel were “very productive.”

President Trump’s hostage envoy suggested Hamas was willing to lay down its arms in exchange for a truce and said the U.S. has interests that are separate from Israel’s, in comments that further frustrated some Israeli officials already concerned by his direct talks with the militant group.

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