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Our plea to you (Trump and Witkoff) right now is, now that you’ve done the hard part of getting movement, getting a deal started, let’s not think about phase one and phase two and phase three and many months,
Jon Goldberg-Polin said in video
He assumed that he had been released long ago,
Rachel Goldberg-Polin saidHe did not know. He assumed, and asked, and we told him,
she told Israel’s public broadcaster Kann 11 NewsHer loss has left an enormous void in all our hearts,
they saidAll 76 hostages out this week. End of war. Who benefits from dragging it out for so long? Not the people of this region. Let’s get it done right now,
he saidWe all saw what a person who survived an inferno looks like. So if anyone had any doubt about how urgent it is to bring everyone back, if anyone imagined that the kidnapped could wait for after Iran, after Gaza, after the elections, if anyone dreamed that there were more important tasks than returning all the kidnapped, if anyone tried to sell us that 75% of the kidnapped who returned is a lot, today we got a wake-up call,
said Moshe Or
When will he ever stand up for his responsibility and be able to say, I was responsible for 7 October and I will guide the negotiation team to enter into intensive talks and agree on the release of not the next hostage - the last hostage we want to see how he comes out,
said protester Ruby ChenOur first duty as doctors, as humans and as a society, is to work for the return of all the hostages until the last one,
she saidIn a visit to Tehran, Hamas leaders claimed 'The victory in Gaza is a victory for Hamas and Iran.' One thing is for sure there was no victory for the Palestinian people and their case."
Khalil Sayegh, a political analyst, wrote in a Saturday X post
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Islamic countries will definitely be able to rebuild Gaza together and restore life to the Muslim people of this region."
Iran's president Masoud Pezeshkian said during the meeting, per IRNAThe ultimate result of all the sufferings of the people of Gaza was the victory of truth over falsehood, and they became a role model for all those devoted to the cause of the Resistance."
In another, he wroteOn a day when #Hamas released three hostages from #Israel including Eli Sharabi, whose wife and two daughters were murdered by Hamas, and Or Levy, whose wife was murdered by Hamas, Hamas leaders meet with their patron #Iran's regime's supreme leader. It's unclear whether Eli and Or even know of their murders. Their blood is on Khamenei's hands."
Jason Brodsky, policy director of United Against Nuclear Iran, wrote in an X post SaturdayThe people of Gaza prevailed over the Zionist regime. In fact, they prevailed over the United States, and by God's grace, they didn't allow the US to attain any of its goals."
In a series of posts on X, formerly Twitter, mirroring meeting notes from Iran's state news agency IRNA, Iran's Supreme Leader praised Hamas and Palestinians, writingAll the prisoners who were released today are in need of medical care … as a result of the brutality they were subjected” to in jail
said the advocacy group, which has long complained of alleged abuses of Palestinians in Israeli custody
We will not remain silent about this. A message has been passed on to the mediators, and action will be taken accordingly,
said Gal Hirsch, Netanyahu’s coordinator for hostages
It’s over, it’s over,
Levy’s brother Michael said as the two embraced at a military baseThe government, together with security officials, will support them and their families. Israel is committed to bringing back all the hostages and missing,
it added
You defeated the Zionist regime, which was in fact America’s defeat,
Khamenei, whose country supports Hamas in its war with Israel, told the Palestinian delegation
What does it help them now that you “ordered to take action”? And if there are actions, why didn’t you order them earlier?"
he addedThe weapons stored inside the facility were intended to be used on attacks on IDF troops,
the IDF said, accusing Hamas of using "Syrian soil for their terrorist activities."