WASHINGTON – President Biden said Tuesday that he believed Hamas would release dozens of hostages held in Gaza, after reports emerged that the terrorist group could soon free most of the women and children it kidnapped in southern Israel on October 7.
Jake Turx, a correspondent for the Jewish magazine Ami, asked Biden if he could “address the hostages directly and give them a message of hope and resilience.”
“Yes, I can,” Biden said after an event focused on climate change at the White House.
“I have been talking to the people involved [in negotiations] every day,” the president continued. “I think it’s going to happen, but I don’t want to go into details.”
Asked for a “message to the families” of the hostages, the 80-year-old commander-in-chief added: “Hold on, we’re coming.”
U.S. officials say nine U.S. citizens are missing after last month’s Hamas attack, along with one legal permanent resident.
President Biden said he believed Hamas would release dozens of hostages held in Gaza on Tuesday. REUTERS Recent reports have emerged claiming that the terrorist group could soon free most of the women and children it kidnapped in southern Israel on October 7. AFP via Getty Images Families and supporters of some 150 kidnapped soldiers and civilians, men, women and children protested outside IDF headquarters demands that the release of those kidnapped be the first priority. ZUMAPRESS.com
The ten, including a three-year-old boy whose parents were killed by terrorists, are believed to be held captive in Gaza, but national security adviser Jake Sullivan told reporters at the White House on Monday that “I can’t look them in the eye.” and tell them.” Do you know how many of those hostages are still alive?
The Israeli government has estimated that around 240 people are being held by jihadists following the October 7 attack, which killed approximately 1,200 civilians, including at least 33 Americans.
Multiple media reports indicated that Hamas was willing to release between 70 and 80 hostages, including children and most women, in exchange for a five-day pause in Israel’s ground invasion of the Gaza Strip, which the terrorist group has governed since 2007.
The Israeli government has estimated that around 240 people are being held by jihadists following the October 7 attack. AP Israelis march along a road from Tel Aviv towards the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem on November 14, 2023, as part of a protest for the release of Israelis held by Palestinian militants. AFP via Getty Images
The current hostage situation has left Biden open to unwanted comparisons to the Iran crisis that began in late 1979 under President Jimmy Carter, during which 52 Americans were kidnapped by Islamic radicals and held for up to 444 days before being released in January 1981.
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