(17 Dec 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 17 December 2024
1. Released hostages at news conference
2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Sharon Aloni Cunio, released hostage:
"Decision-makers must understand the scars and illnesses we returned with after just 52 days: pneumonia, infections, weight loss, unending fears and nightmares. Now imagine 438 days like this. What David is enduring there alone for a year without us? And now when they are talking about a partial deal that leaves David and most of the men back. I can’t understand how that’s possible. How is it possible to decide that someone can wait? Everyday he stays there is a death sentence.”
3. Released hostages posing for picture
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Sharon Aloni Cunio, released hostage:
"Hamas made it clear that they are interested in an overall deal to end the fighting. So why are they insisting in Israel on half solutions? I know exactly what the hostages are going through. I saw it, I experienced it. A partial deal will be a stain on the heart of our society for generations."
5. Posters with pictures of hostages
6. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Lena Troufanov, mother of hostage Sasha Troufanov:
"And to all those who are afraid to release the terrorists (as part of a deal), I want to say that there is no shortage of terrorists. And what protected the state of Israel was not leaving terrorists in jail, because new ones will come. What protected us was the sense of solidarity, this feeling of national unity and that every person matters and that the country stands behind them. So please save them all, leave no one behind – we don’t abandon our wounded in the field."
7. Posters with pictures of hostages
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Ilana Gritzewsky, released hostage:
"President Trump, you are a leader who knows how to win, how to turn the tide when all hope seems lost. Now is the moment to prove it. One hundred hostages, men, women, children are still being held in the depths of hell. My partner, my friends and countless innocent lives are wasting away while the world stands in silence. This is your chance to change history. Step in, end this war, bring the hostages home. No words, no promise. Only action, bring them back, all of them.
9. Pan from camera operator to released hostages holding photos of loved ones
STORYLINE:
Hostages that were released from Hamas captivity in Gaza last year held a news conference in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to call on the Israeli government to secure a comprehensive deal that would include the immediate release of all the hostages currently being held in Gaza.
"Please save them all, leave no one behind – we don’t abandon our wounded in the field," said Lena Troufanov, whose daughter Sasha was taken hostage.
After months of deadlock, Israel and Hamas appear to be moving closer toward a ceasefire to end their 14-month war.
Top officials from the U.S., Qatar and Egypt have resumed their mediation efforts in recent weeks and reported greater willingness by the warring sides to wrap up a deal.
In a key concession, Hamas officials say they are prepared to show more “flexibility” on the timing of an Israeli troop withdrawal from Gaza, and Israel’s defense minister, Israel Katz, said Monday that a deal is closer than ever.
Officials on all sides have cautioned that key details must still be worked out. But there is a general sense of optimism that has been lacking for many months.
AP video shot by Ami Bentov
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