(29 Apr 2024)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel – 29 April 2024
1. Various of families of hostages sitting at table with banner reading #BringThemHomeNow, other members standing behind holding pictures of hostages
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ilan Siegel, daughter of hostage, Keith Siegel:
"Eighteen world leaders sent a letter saying they demand the immediate release of all hostages and I want to ask everyone to stop the talking and start the actions."
3. Families of hostages sitting at table
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ilan Siegel, daughter of hostage, Keith Siegel:
"We also know a deal is possible; Israel, Egypt, Qatar, and the United States, we trust you and we urge you to do everything and bring our people home now."
5. Wide of families of hostages
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Aviva Siegel, released hostage and wife of hostage, Keith Siegel:
"How would you feel if the person you loved the most is in such danger, crying, sad, depressed, tired, and begging, begging to be taken out of hell. I’m not able to see the video of Keith because I know that he’s so sad. I know how hard it is to be there, I know what it’s like to beg for help. I know the feeling of losing hope. Bring Keith back to me, bring back my hope."
7. Pull back of families, Dani Miran, father of hostage, Omri Miran, speaking
8. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Dani Miran, father of hostage, Omri Miran:
"Omri, come back to us. We all miss you and long for the day when we can embrace you. They are talking about a deal. The deal is in the oven (meaning it’s being cooked). We all know this. I appeal to Sinwar (Gaza’s Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar), please approve this deal. And to the members of the (Israeli) Cabinet, please approve any deal. The hostages are dying in the tunnels. Show leadership, leadership to your crying people and to the families (of the hostages). It’s something you promised us before the election. Lea-der-ship!"
9. Hostage family members hugging and talking
STORYLINE:
The families of two Israeli hostages held captive by Hamas appealed on Monday to both the militant group’s leader in Gaza and Israel’s government to agree to a truce that would see the captives released.
The public plea from the families of Keith Siegel and Omri Miran comes as international pressure mounts on Israel and Hamas to accept a drafted cease-fire agreement after months of failed negotiations.
Israel has also vowed to launch a ground offensive into Gaza’s densely packed southern city of Rafah, where Israel says leading Hamas militants are holed up along with the remaining hostages.
Both men were captured by Hamas, along with some 250 others, during the militant group’s assault on southern Israel on Oct. 7.
In recent days, Israeli politicians have indicated they would be open to a hostage deal in exchange for suspending a planned ground invasion of Rafah, where more than a million displaced Palestinians are sheltering.
"I appeal to Sinwar (Gaza’s Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar), please approve this deal. And to the members of the (Israeli) Cabinet, please approve any deal. The hostages are dying in the tunnels," Dani Miran, father of hostage, Omri Miran, said.
Washington, Israel’s chief ally, has accused Israel of lacking a plan that will keep displaced Palestinians safe in the event of a ground invasion.
Hamas has continually said it will not release the remaining hostages without an agreement to end the war.
Netanyahu has rejected that demand, saying Israel will continue its offensive until Hamas is destroyed and all the hostages are returned.
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