Trump's Letter to the Hostage and Missing Families Forum

Two years after October 7, 2023, Donald Trump thanked the Hostage and Missing Families Forum for nominating him for the Nobel Peace Prize, expressing deep empathy for the victims and families of the Hamas attacks. He reaffirmed his commitment to securing the return of all hostages and ensuring Hamas’s destruction to prevent future atrocities. Trump praised the families’ resilience in continuing to advocate for their loved ones amid ongoing pain and pledged to end the conflict and rising anti-Semitism worldwide. He reiterated his vision of restoring “peace through strength,” ending endless wars globally, and prayed for a swift resolution to the war and peace for Israel and the United States.

The following is the full text of the letter.

Melania and I send along our sincerest thanks to the Hostage and Missing Families Forum for your letter of nomination to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee.

Since the abhorrent events of October 7, 2023, that saw families ripped apart, children torn from their parents' arms, and innocent people shot, killed, and raped, I have been resolved to returning all the hostages home, and ensuring the total destruction of Hamas so these horrific acts may never be repeated. These unspeakable scenes have been seared into our memories, and we will never forget.

My entire administration has been touched by the fact that, through the unimaginable pain and suffering of spending two years not knowing where your loved ones are, you have continued telling their stories and advocating on their behalf.

Please know that we remain steadfastly committed to seeing an end both to this conflict and the waves of anti-Semitism, both at home and abroad. As President, I remain steadfastly committed to, and will work tirelessly towards, restoring a foreign policy of peace through strength ending the years of endless wars, not just in the Middle East, but around the world. We envision a time when, one day, the terror and bloodshed will end, including in nations that have been torn by decades, if not centuries, of strife.

May God bless you and your loved ones, and may He continue to bless the United States of America and the State of Israel, as we pray that this conflict will be at an end in the coming days—or else.

Source: “Trump to Hostage Families Forum: ‘We will never forget October 7,’” Jerusalem Post, (October 7, 2025).