Amid all the intense diplomatic moves to free the 239 hostages being held in Gaza – the calls are growing for Israel to implement a pause in the fighting in exchange, a pause longer than three days, according to President Biden.
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Clarification: This report featured multiple interviewees talking about the personal impact of Hamas’ attacks on October 7th and the war in Gaza. Testimonies inside Gaza were gathered remotely as foreign media are not permitted entry, and at the time of broadcast, the connections to the Hamas-run government were not known. Subsequent to the broadcast of this piece, and as has been reported, it has emerged that the identity of the man named as Abdullah’s uncle was miscommunicated as his father. Abdullah’s correct surname is al-Yazouri and his father is Ayman al-Yazouri, a deputy Agricultural Minister in Gaza’s Hamas-run government.