First person: He was held hostage for 444 days

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🗓️ 20 November 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Barry Rosen says he can understand in some way what the hostages in Gaza are going through. Rosen was press attaché at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran in November 1979 when he was taken hostage and held, along with 51 others, until January 1981.

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1:05.0	It's been more than six weeks since Hamas kidnapped approximately 240 people in
1:12.1	Israel.
1:13.2	The hostages included the elderly and infants.
1:16.3	Israelis desperately want the hostages safely returned,
1:20.0	and many have even taken to the streets
1:22.2	to protest against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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