Israel At War Week VII: Held Hostage

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🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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As the clock ticked down to an expected release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, Yonit and Jonathan sat down face to face in Tel Aviv, to discuss the background to the move - and what the consequences might be. Plus, Jonathan describes his week traveling around Israel, from the stricken kibbutzim in the south to the new, temporary homes for displaced residents by the Dead Sea, finding a country where the trauma of 7 October is ongoing.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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0:00.0	Week 7 of the war between Israel and Hamas, hostage deal and ceasefire.
0:03.9	We're set to begin on Thursday morning, last-minute delay, changes plans,
0:07.5	and we will hear about Jonathan's assignment in Israel.
0:10.1	I'm waiting to hear all about that.
0:11.7	It's unholy.
0:12.4	I'm Unleveh of Channel 12 in Tel Aviv.
0:14.7	And I'm Jonathan Friedland, of The Guardian, usually in London, but this week in Tel Aviv.
0:29.7	Thank you. in usually in London, but this week in Tel Aviv. It's unholy, two Jews on the news from Keshet podcast, quite literally so, because we are here in HQ, Keshet Media Towers. It's a very different
0:40.3	experience. Normally, we are far away from each other, Yonit, but now we are just across a couple
0:46.3	of white desks, and it's been quite a week in, well, for me personally, but obviously for this
0:52.2	story, a big week. Yeah, and we will get into your
0:55.0	story because I'm really, it's, you've been here for a few days. I'm really waiting to hear
0:59.4	about all your thoughts and experiences. You really have been saving it for the podcast. But before
1:04.4	we get into that, we will talk about what has been going on because we were really waiting for
1:09.0	the beginning of ceasefire, 10 a.m. Thursday today,
1:13.8	was supposed to take hold four-day truce and during which the 50 hostages, Israeli hostages,
1:20.9	were to be released in batches, including children and their mothers that have been held
1:26.3	by Hamas for 48 days.
1:28.3	I mean, we should just pause on that for a second, you know, just to think about the fact that the category that Israel demanded,
1:34.3	and rightfully so, obviously, was first released the children and their mothers.
1:38.3	But think of the fact that there are children and fathers held by Hamas.
1:43.3	So the Bibas family, right, For example, Kfir and Ariel,
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