(16 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel – 16 January 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Protester addressing crowd from car roof
2. Wide of protesters with placards and flags
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gil Dickmann, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat, killed in captivity in Gaza:
++PART COVERED BY SHOTS 2 & 4-8++
“I believe all deals are bad in a way because we’re going to give things that we don’t want to give. But all deals are good in a way. If we’re going to get hostages back and right now, the deal that we’re having is the same deal that we had on the table in May. The only thing that’s changed is that some of the hostages were killed in captivity, just like my cousin. She was alive in May. She should have been part of this deal. She should have been one of the first to come home in this deal. But they didn’t sign it in time. She was murdered. And now we have the same deal only less hostages.”
4. Banner reading (English) “Seal the deal”
5. Protesters blocking road
6. Close of banner reading (English) “How much blood will be spilled?!”
7. Screen displaying the days and hours that hostages have been held in captivity
8. Pan from traffic to protesters
STORYLINE:
Protesters blocked a main road in Tel Aviv on Thursday calling for an agreement to be signed for the release of all remaining hostages held in Gaza.
Gil Dickmann, a relative of one of the hostages killed in captivity, says he believes a deal is on the way, largely due to the stance of US President-elect Donald Trump, but he harbours fears that not all of the hostages will be freed.
“Maybe it’s going to take a few more days, but it’s going to happen mainly because President Trump said so. And that means it’s going to happen. What I worry about is the second and third phase of the deal,” said Dickmann, cousin of slain hostage Carmel Gat.
“I was just in a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu a few days ago, and he said that there is no guarantee they will continue from phase one to phase two," he said.
Dickmann said his cousin would have been saved if a deal was agreed sooner.
"She should have been one of the first to come home in this deal. But they didn’t sign it in time. She was murdered. And now we have the same deal only less hostages,” he said.
Netanyahu said Thursday that a "last-minute crisis" with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited ceasefire that would pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.
Israeli airstrikes, meanwhile, killed at least 72 people in the war-ravaged territory.
Netanyahu signalled there were issues with the deal shortly after U.S. President Joe Biden and key mediator Qatar announced on Wednesday it was complete.
That created a dual reality: War-weary Palestinians in Gaza, the relatives of hostages held there and world leaders all welcomed an agreement, expected to begin Sunday, even as Netanyahu said it was not yet finalized.
It was not yet clear if Netanyahu’s statements merely reflected jockeying to keep his fractious coalition together or whether the deal was at risk.
The Israeli Cabinet was expected to vote on the deal Thursday, but Netanyahu’s office said they won’t meet until Hamas backs down, accusing it of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt to gain further concessions, without elaborating.
Izzat al-Rishq, a senior Hamas official, said the militant group “is committed to the ceasefire agreement, which was announced by the mediators.”
AP video by Sam McNeil
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