Hello everyone and welcome to Ammanpur. Here's what's coming up.

Be a camp for a

grand for a year.

Israel marks a grim anniversary. Two years since the Hamas attacks that forever change the nation,

I speak with October 7th survivor,

the esteemed Israeli journalist Amir Tobon.

And we revisit testimony from former hostages held by Hamas.

Also, on the ground in Gaza,

UNICEF spokesman James Elder shares what he's seeing in Khan Yunus

and how war has ravaged the enclave.

Then Palestinian peace activist Aziz Abu Sarah on looking for light in the darkness.

Plus, autism for me has been so different because of how it can look in kids like mine.

This boy we made, writer Taylor Harris tells Michelle Martin what it's like to be autistic

and raise autistic children in the era of RF, Jr. Welcome to the program, everyone. I'm Biona Goldriga in New York, sitting in for Christian Amunfar.

We begin in the Middle East, where a push towards peace is underway in Egypt, as key negotiators from Israel, Hamas, and the United States are looking to find common ground and reach agreement on President Donald Trump's 20-point plan to end the war.

Hamas and Israel have both voiced support.

Here's Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Etunyahu.

Trump says that they are very close to reaching a deal, but optimism continues to grow, yet huge

obstacles remain.

I want to get to one of those who in Israel not only has been covering this war as a journalist

for two years now, but also was a victim that day as his

kibbutz was so brutally attacked. Let's bring in Amir Tebon. Or actually, I'm so sorry, let's go

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