Sources: talks ongoing to free large number of hostages

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 24 October 2023

⏱️ 82 minutes

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It has been 17 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas which caught Israel by surprise, setting off a cascade of responses and consequences that now includes a humanitarian crisis in Gaza. The World Health Organization said that six hospitals have shut down due to a lack of power. A spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces says no fuel will enter Gaza because of concerns it will be stolen by Hamas which controls the Gaza strip. For daily information on the Israel-Gaza conflict, check out CNN’s podcast ‘Tug of War: Attack on Israel’ here: https://link.chtbl.com/-lB8n-bJ To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is
0:02.0	This is CNN breaking news.
0:07.0	Welcome to the lead.
0:08.0	I'm Jake Tapper and I'm standing on a rooftop looking out over Tel Aviv.
0:12.0	It is just over 11 just after 11 PM here.
0:15.8	It has been 17 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by Hamas caught this country
0:21.7	and frankly most of the world by surprise
0:24.4	setting off a cascade of responses and consequences that now includes a
0:30.4	humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
0:32.8	Tonight we're hearing for the very first time
0:35.2	from one of the hostages kidnapped and just released by Hamas
0:39.8	about what she endured.
0:42.0	Hamas held 85-year-old Yohi Lifshitz captive for more than two weeks.
0:47.0	It's an experience she described as going through hell, speaking in Hebrew at a hospital here
0:51.9	in Tel Aviv earlier today. She describes how Hamas beat
0:56.0	her as they forced her into Gaza.
1:00.3	It was a painful act. They brought us into a hatch of a tunnel. On the way I was lying on the side on the motor bike.
1:10.0	Legs to one side, body to the other.
1:13.0	The Shabab were hitting me, so they didn't break my ribs,
1:16.0	but it was very painful and made it difficult for me to breathe.
1:20.0	Smaller groups. smaller groups and kept under close watch.
1:27.0	Her husband and the husband of the other hostage Hamas released yesterday, Noree Cooper, are still believed to be in Hamas custody with more than 200 others.
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