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Father of American hostage credits Trump and Witkoff for Hamas agreement

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Ruby Chen, father of American hostage Itay Chen, tells NBC News' Tom Llamas that the "full court press" of President Trump and Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East, contributed to the success of the agreement accepted by Hamas.

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