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2023 Israel–Hamas war hostage crisis

Quotes

 * I mean, we desperately want to get those American hostages out. But if you saw those kids in the hands of those terrorists, like, with a mom heart, it made me sick to my stomach for all those parents having to see their children in those terrorist hands. So, of course, we want them out.
 * Nikki Haley Interview Jake Tapper according to the transcript Nikki Haley on CNN's State Of The Union (FULL Interview)(October 15, 2023)


 * Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu credited Joe Biden with improving the terms of the agreement, so that it had “more hostages and lower costs”.
 * according to LIVE Israel's cabinet approves deal to release hostages during pause in fighting (1 hour ago)


 * David Rind
 * 00:00:49 Meanwhile, in Israel, some families met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's war cabinet today. They have been furious with what they see as government inaction. They also hit the streets last week, marching from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. More than six weeks after the deadly Hamas terror attack, only a handful of Israelis have been released alive. And in recent days, Israeli forces say they've recovered the bodies of two more. So where do things stand on getting the rest out of Gaza?


 * Alex Marquardt
 * 00:01:21 The sense from our conversations is that they are quite close in terms of the terms, but how that is actually implemented is quite complicated.


 * Is a Hostage Deal on the Horizon? (20 Nov 2023) a CNN 13 minute Podcast+transcript
 * Negotiators say they're nearing a deal to release some of the 237 people being held captive by Hamas terrorists.
 * Dana Bash on Hope for the hostages (20 Nov 2023) a CNN 39 minute Podcast
 * They want you to know what has happened to their child, and they want the world to know that there are seriously wounded people who were taken by Hamas
 * [Goldberg-Polin’s] left hand and part of his arm is blown off


 * Anderson Cooper according to Anderson Cooper Helps Family Spot Missing Hostage Son in Israel (ctober 23, 2023)


 * [He says that he] sincerely [hopes that the hostage release agreement] will be actually executed. [And he hopes the results of negotiations will be seen in] next few days.
 * Yoav Gallant according to Gantz says Israel 'slowly but surely' dismantling Hamas (22 Nov 2023) BBC


 * That might be wishful thinking, Mark. There are a lot of innocent people being killed by bombs that Israel is raining down upon Gaza, and even if, as I know the IDF believes that Israel has killed 5,000 members of Hamas, that’s thousands of innocent people, including women and children, babies, that Israel has killed. Even if it’s an accident, even if it’s collateral damage, izat’s a lot of innocent lives that have been killed by Israel.
 * Jake Tapper responding to Mark Regev who he interviewed about the Israeli hostages held in Gaza according to Jake Tapper Shocked When Israeli Official Blames CNN Producer’s Family Killed in Israeli Bombing: ‘You Can’t Blame Them’ (Dec 4th, 2023)


 * We join together to call for an immediate, multilateral ceasefire in Israel and Palestine, the release of all the remaining Israeli and international hostages, and the facilitation of humanitarian aid entry into Gaza,” the statement says.
 * We further urge our own respective governments and the international community to uphold international law and seek accountability for grave violations of human rights.


 * Ilhan Omar according to Ilhan Omar leads 384 worldwide leaders in call for Gaza ceasefire (11 Jan 2024)

Video interviews with hostages

 * Freed Israeli hostage Mia Schem in first interview since her release from Hamas captivity in Gaza (Dec 31, 2023) Youtube 866,137 views