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President Trump's Middle east envoy,
Steve Whitcomb Witkoff was in Israel this weekend where he met with family members of hostages still being held by Hamas.
Following the meeting, Ruby Chen, the father of one of the hostages,
said he believes Witkoff is on their side.
We feel that Mr. Witkoff is very much with the families.
He feels us, he understands us,
and he said that he's going back to Washington where he will share these stories with the president himself.
A statement from hostage families quotes Witkoff as saying an end to the war between Israel and Hamas is very close.
However, Hamas has repeatedly said it will will not lay down its weapons,
and the group said this weekend that it would not relinquish them until a Palestinian state is established.
Those wildfires burning in Canada,
leading to air quality concerns in the US Parts of the Midwest as well as upstate New York and northern New England remain under air quality alerts for smoke.