**Hamas Must Not Win the Peace with Israel: An Opinion**
“There isn’t a more profitable undertaking,” the prime minister says, “than to declare war on the United States and to be defeated.”
— Peter Sellers in *The Mouse That Roared*
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Children look out of a building as Palestinian Hamas terrorists stand guard on the day of the handover of hostages.
Gaza Strip, February 22, 2025.
*(Photo credit: REUTERS/Hatem Khaled)*
By MOSHE PHILLIPS
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Hamas said that it has accepted some elements of U. S. President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, including giving up power and releasing all remaining hostages.
Ukrainan’s military have captured an Indian national fighting for Russia, who says Moscow pulled him from jail and forced him into war with promises of freedom and money. He says he didn’t want to stay in behind bars and hoped to escape once deployed to the front. The man has been idetified as Majoti Sahil Mohamed Hussein. He is from Gujarat’s Morbi and had come to Russia to study in a university.
The meeting focused on pushing Russia to end the conflict, with President Zelenskyy calling for additional US sanctions on Moscow.