Meet the Press NOW – October 23

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🗓️ 23 October 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Hamas releases two more hostages as the White House advises Israel to delay ground invasion into the Gaza Strip. Iranian-back proxies ramp up attacks on American forces in the Middle East. Spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces Jonathan Conricus discusses the looming ground invasion and a potential cease-fire. Nine Republicans are vying to be the next speaker of the House. Representative Steve Womack (R-Ark.) explains what’s next for his party as the House remains paralyzed. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Meet the Press Now, I'm'm Gabe Gutierrez reporting in Washington where we have
0:14.6	breaking developments in the Israel-Hamais War as we learn two more hostages
0:19.0	taken by Hamas into Gaza during that deadly October 7th attack have now been released.
0:25.0	NBC News has confirmed the release of two Israeli hostages from Gaza.
0:29.5	According to multiple sources, the International Red Cross says they transported the two
0:34.0	elderly hostages out of Gaza this evening and this is video broadcast by
0:38.7	Israeli TV just moments ago of the hostages being loaded into an ambulance at the Rafa crossing.
0:45.8	The military wing of Hamas says they released a pair for quote compelling humanitarian reasons.
0:51.2	Reacting to the news, a spokesperson for the Israeli military said Hamas is using the hostages to buy time
0:57.0	as Israel prepares for a ground incursion.
1:00.0	The news comes after two American hostages were released by Hamas on Friday.
1:04.0	More than 200 hostages are still believed to be held in Gaza.
1:08.0	According to the Israeli military and the White House said today,
1:12.0	a handful could be Americans.
1:14.5	We have no higher priority than the safety of Americans that are being held around the world
1:18.6	and we're going to continue around the clock to see if we can get them home with their families where they belong.
1:23.8	It is literally an hour by hour effort here at the White House and at the State Department
1:28.8	to find out where these folks are and to try to make the effort to get them out and get them back.
1:35.0	A small group, we still think are Americans, and then there are dozens and dozens from other countries
1:40.8	and obviously Israel as well. And there's just a lot of effort going on
1:44.6	a lot of conversations and discussions with partners in the region and I think it's just best
1:49.1	if we don't detail that.
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