President Biden spoke to reporters outside the White House on hostage deal talks shortly before going into a briefing in the Situation Room.
President Biden said Monday that Israel i Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure a hostage deal after six captives were found dead in a Hamas terror tunnel in Gaza.
The president also said “we’re very close” to proposing another hostage deal this week and that “hope springs eternal” on whether it will be successful.President Biden returns to the White House from his Delaware beach pad Monday to face questions about the Mideast war.Biden tells reporters that Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure the release of the Hamas hostages, who include several US-Israeli citizens.
Heartbroken family of murdered hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin eulogize ‘beautiful’ son, brother as thousands line Jerusalem streetsThe outcry was triggered by six hostages — including Israeli American Hersh Goldberg-Polin — being found dead Saturday in a Hamas tunnel. All were shot at close range and likely killed two to three days before their bodies were found, Israel said.
“I have gotten to know his parents, Jon and Rachel. They have been courageous, wise, and steadfast, even as they have endured the unimaginable,” the president said. “They have been relentless and irrepressible champions of their son and of all the hostages held in unconscionable conditions. I admire them and grieve with them more deeply than words can express. I know all Americans tonight will have them in their prayers, just as Jill and I will.
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