(28 Nov 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel - 28 November 2023
1. Pan on empty table representing the hostages in Hamas captivity
2. Pictures of hostages
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Gali Hezkel, from the Hostage Families forum:
"Well, obviously I'm glad for every person that gets released and I'm here to support all the hostages until the last one comes home. I'm not getting into specific policy prescriptions and honestly, it's not my job, but I'm here to make sure that bringing the hostages home is a top humanitarian priority."
4. Various of pictures of hostages
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Shani Kaplan, Tel Aviv resident:
"So I came to support the families of the hostages because I think that we have to let all the hostages go, they can't sit there in Gaza. At least the kids, you have to let them go and the government must do everything that they can to set them loose."
6. Woman taking yellow ribbon, representing the hostages
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Dani Miran, father of hostage:
"Regarding the continuation, I trust the heads of negotiations. And we started with one step and every big march starts with one step, it's the first step and I believe there will be next steps and my son too will return safe and sound."
8. Man walking past picture of kidnapped baby
9. Pictures of hostages
STORYLINE:
At a plaza dubbed “Hostages Square” in Tel Aviv, people were hopeful on Tuesday after Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their cease-fire for two days, raising the prospect of further exchanges of militant-held hostages for Palestinians imprisoned by Israel and a longer halt to their deadliest and most destructive war.
Eleven Israeli women and children freed by Hamas entered Israel on Monday night after more than seven weeks in captivity in Gaza in the fourth swap under the original four-day truce.
Thirty-three Palestinian prisoners released by Israel arrived early Tuesday in east Jerusalem and the West Bank town of Ramallah.
"Obviously I'm glad for every person that gets released and I'm here to support all the hostages until the last one comes home," said Gali Hezkel, who is part of a forum of for the families of hostages.
Dani Miran, whose son was kidnapped from his house in Nahal Oz in front of his wife and two small children, said he trusts that the negotiators can bring back the hostages.
"We started with one step and every big march starts with one step, it's the first step and I believe there will be next steps, and my son too will return safe and sound."
The deal for two additional days of cease-fire raised hopes for further extensions, which would also allow more aid into Gaza.
But Israel says it remains committed to ending Hamas’ 16-year rule over Gaza.
Roughly 240 hostages were captured by Hamas in its Oct. 7 attack in southern Israel that ignited the war.
More than 13,300 Palestinians have been killed since the war began, according to the Health Ministry in Hamas-controlled Gaza.
About 1,200 people have been killed in Israel, mostly during the initial incursion by Hamas.
AP video shot by Ami Bentov
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