Some of the families have called on the White House to consider making a side deal with Hamas that focuses on just the American hostages, and have even floated the idea of cutting the Israeli government out of initial negotiations altogether.
A White House spokesperson declined to comment.
https://tess.elixir-europe.org…b2-4bbf-97e3-3889ce1ef75f As Israeli warplanes bombarded northern Gaza, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) told civilians to evacuate their homes immediately and go south. He left behind his wife, and children aged 7 to 21. CNN has been unable to reach members of Alareer’s family. In his BBC interview as well defending the October 7 attacks, Alareer compared them to the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, which represented the largest Jewish resistance effort during the Holocaust. Images of detained men: The United States is seeking answers from the Israeli government about the status of the individuals seen in recent images of men detained and stripped down in Gaza and the circumstances around the images. Miller, with the State Department, called the photos "deeply disturbing." A spokesperson for the IDF claimed to CNN last week that the men were members or suspected members of Hamas. But as CNN has previously reported, the seeming lack of progress on this front is fueling the families’ growing anxiety. Still, Biden said in remarks marking the fifth night of the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah that Israel was in “a tough spot,” following the Hamas attack and subsequent war in Gaza.
https://www.provenexpert.com/net6/ last two strongholds in the Jabalya and Shejaiya areas, according to Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant. The director general of the Ministry of Health in Gaza described heavy fighting and a significant presence of Israel's Alareer began teaching literature, creative writing, poetry, translation and Shakespeare at the Islamic University of Gaza in 2007. He described himself as a writer and educator. “We count the years by how many wars our kids survive.” Rawan Yaghi, who was taught by Alareer and is now a 30-year-old writer based in Canada, said he was a “leader of literary resistance.”
