they were known to be near yahya sinwar, the former militant leader of the military wing of hamas, whenne of them was found weighing just 36 kilograms. another�*s arm was blown off. all of them were executed by hamas. everyday the hostages remain in custody is a day their lives are in jeopardy and were desperate to have them home but we�*re not taking any of the news circulated recently as anything new. ourfamily have not been contacted, we�*ve not had official confirmation from any government source, any idf source. any update about the negotiations, as far as we�*re concerned, this isjust potential psychological warfare, either by... from whatever party, trying to put pressure on the israeli government, perhaps, we don�*t know, but there�*s nothing here that really gives us much soccer other than the hope that tsachi is still alive. —— that really gives as much succour. we gather there are direct talks in doha, obviously there have been lots of talks before, indirect or otherwise, but do you think these latest talks might bear any fruit? we have been here _ might bear any fruit? we ha

so much pressure on hamas with the bombardment of gaza killing a lot of its leaders, including yahya sinwar, who you just talked to, and forcing hamas to release hostages. but what ended up happening was that because the bombardment was so intense and there was some a lot of support globally and including in president biden's own party for, um, for certainly for the palestinians, which is totally understandable. but it even went over to hamas that hamas felt emboldened and dug in. so the entire premise of israel's strategy was flawed from the beginning. can you talk about that? >> well, i wouldn't call it flawed. i would call it really no choice. israel had no choice but to go to war against hamas. hamas had waged a war of of genocide against israel, had killed, uh, 1200 israelis, massacred, raped, mutilated them, the equivalent of about 44,000 americans in a single morning. uh, again, it bears repeating. it's the single greatest massacre of jews since the holocaust. israel had to respond militarily against hamas. the question is whether that that operation, at the end of the day, would gua

and even at one point when they believed that yahya sinwar, the leader of hamas, was somehow bunkered in with the hostages around him, that did not turn out to be the case when he was ultimately killed alone, as you also mentioned, incidentally, during a raid in southern gaza. so by any measure, hamas has come out of this war saying all of this could have been prevented. when you go back to november of 20, 2023, when hamas said, we will release the first 100 hostages in that brokered ceasefire, that temporary ceasefire that allowed for the largest amount of hostages to be released. but the road ahead is going to be critical. and going back to your point about the implementation, whether or not there are going to be guarantors that can securely implement this deal, that is going to be very difficult. i think a lot of skepticism remains as to whether or not after the first phase, which is the release of 33 hostages, as well as the withdrawal of israeli troops to the periphery of urban areas and population centers in gaza, whether or not israel and the palestinians, and certainly hamas,

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