/ 29 April 2024

New hope for hostage families

Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Jan 2024

The families of 2 people taken by Hamas in the 7 October attacks are pushing the Israeli government to lock in a new hostage release deal after the men were shown in a new video released by Hamas. Omri Miran and Keith Siegel (an Israeli/US citizen) both appeared, and although the proof of life video is undated, Miran said he’d been captive for “202 days” and Siegal spoke about being unable to celebrate Passover, which ends on Tuesday. Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu’s office hasn’t responded to the video, but the men’s families say they will fight for their return. It follows Hamas’s release of another hostage video last week – of Israeli/US hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin – and comes as Egyptian mediators land in Israel to continue ceasefire negotiations this week.

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