Israeli president visits Gaza, speaks of 'intensive' talks on hostages

AL-Monitor
Jul 23, 2025
FILE PHOTO: Israel's President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: Israel's President Isaac Herzog delivers a speech during a memorial ceremony of the Hamas attack on October 7 last year that sparked the ongoing war in Gaza, at the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on October 27, 2024. GIL COHEN-MAGEN/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo — GIL COHEN-MAGEN

(Reuters) -Israel's President Isaac Herzog visited the Gaza strip on Wednesday and told soldiers that there were "intensive negotiations" about returning the hostages in Gaza, adding that he hopes that they will soon "hear good news", a statement from the president's spokesperson reported.

(Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield, writing by Yomna Ehab, Editing by William Maclean)