'Change might bring something good,' family of Gaza hostages says amid political shakeups
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🗓️ 12 November 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Today, President Biden met Israeli President Isaac Herzog and reaffirmed his, quote, ironclad commitment to Israel. |
| 0:08.9 | Much of the administration's focus now is about humanitarian aid in Gaza, but they also discussed the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas. |
| 0:17.9 | Nick Schifrin is back with more. |
| 0:20.3 | It has been 403 days since October the 7th, 2023, when more than 250 men, women and children |
| 0:27.4 | were abducted from Israel and taken to Gaza. The Israeli government says Hamas is holding |
| 0:32.0 | 101 hostages in Gaza. And today, Herzog says, while the day after the war was important, the war would |
| 0:39.1 | continue until the hostages return home. |
| 0:41.7 | Clearly, you're thinking and working about the day after as well, which perhaps should |
| 0:47.7 | be a trajectory of hope to the people of the region and the ability to have our neighbors, as well as us, live in security in peace. |
| 0:57.9 | But first and foremost, we have to get the hostages back home. |
| 1:02.4 | One of the most devastated communities on October the 7th was the Kibbutz Niroz. |
| 1:07.0 | Of 400 residents, more than 50 died on that day and afterward in Gaza, and about 100 were kidnapped, |
| 1:13.6 | including brothers, Yair and Aitán Horn. And joining me now is Dalia Kusnir, Yaiyar and Yaitan's sister-in-law, |
| 1:22.2 | who also met President Hurtug yesterday. Thanks very much. Welcome. Thank you for being here. |
| 1:26.7 | Thank you so much. |
| 1:27.7 | How are you doing? How's your family doing? Very bad. We're all devastated. We need good news. |
| 1:35.8 | We need to bring them home. And this is going to be our key to start rebuilding our life. |
| 1:44.0 | And is there any hope? |
| 1:45.0 | Do you feel like there's any progress being made at all? |
| 1:49.0 | I feel that maybe with a change of government, I don't want to go into politics because |
| 1:55.0 | I'm not a U.S. citizen, but I do feel that a change, just for the fact that it's a change might bring something good. |
| 2:03.1 | And this period in between the outgoing administration and the incoming one might be a good time for us. |
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