DCPD-202500294 - Remarks on the Release of Hostages From Hamas Captivity in Gaza Prior to Departure for National Harbor, Maryland - DCPD-202500294 | Content Details

DCPD-202500294 - Remarks on the Release of Hostages From Hamas Captivity in Gaza Prior to Departure for National Harbor, Maryland

Publisher: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration

Document Categories: Addresses and Remarks : Release of hostages from Hamas captivity in Gaza, remarks prior to departure for National Harbor, MD

Subjects: Gaza, hostages held by Hamas
Hamas political-paramilitary organization

Names: Cohen, Eliya; Mengistu, Avera; Sayed, Hashem al-; Shoham, Tal; Tov, Omer Shem; Wenkert, Omer.

Notes: The President spoke at 1:35 p.m. on the South Lawn at the White House prior to boarding Marine One. In his remarks, he referred to Israeli hostages Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Omer Shem Tov, Tal Shoham, Hisham al-Sayed, and Avera Mengistu, who were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza, Palestinian Territories, into Red Cross custody on February 22. Reporters referred Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Charles Q. "C.Q." Brown, Jr., USAF, who was removed from his position on February 21. The transcript was released by the Office of Communications on February 24.