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Netanyahu expresses optimism for hostage release · DEEP INSIGHT

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  Speaker 1: All right. Just moments ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Ettnia
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  Speaker 1: who said he is hopeful all Israeli hostages will be
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  Speaker 1: released within days. In a five minute televised address, he
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  Speaker 1: said all of this to his nation. Earlier, we learned
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  Speaker 1: Israel has formed a delegation to lead ceasefire talks under
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  Speaker 1: President Trump's twenty point piece plan, as key negotiators from
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  Speaker 1: the US are heading to the region. Seen, it's Jeremy
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  Speaker 1: Diamond and Julia Benbrook are following all these fast moving developments.
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  Speaker 1: Let's get started with Jeremy in Israel. What are you learning.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Fred? We heard the Israeli Prime Minister tonight sounding
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  Speaker 2: quite optimistic about the prospects for a deal that would
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  Speaker 2: secure the release of all of the hostages and ultimately
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  Speaker 2: lead to an end of the war in Gaza. The
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  Speaker 2: Israeli Prime Minister tonight saying that he is hopeful that
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  Speaker 2: the hostages could potentially be released during the week long
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  Speaker 2: Succut holiday, which begins on Monday evening. He said that
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  Speaker 2: his efforts are going to be to try and limit
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  Speaker 2: the negotiations to just a few days, saying that he
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  Speaker 2: doesn't want to allow Hamas the opportunity to drag out
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  Speaker 2: those negotiations. Tonight we saw in Tel Aviv as well
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  Speaker 2: as here in Kiriatgat many Israelis who were coming out
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  Speaker 2: to ensure that the pressure continues on the Israeli government.
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  Speaker 2: In Tel Aviv tonight we saw tens of thousands of
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  Speaker 2: Israelis who flock to Hostage Square to raise their voices
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  Speaker 2: and to ensure that this government follows through with making
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  Speaker 2: this deal a reality. We should be very clear though,
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  Speaker 2: that there are a lot of details and more than
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  Speaker 2: just details, but really major sticking points that still need
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  Speaker 2: to be resolved between these two sides. Those negotiations are
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  Speaker 2: set to take place in Egypt beginning on Monday, where
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  Speaker 2: we know that a Hamas delegation is on its way there.
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  Speaker 2: Jared Kushner, President Trump's son in law, as well as
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  Speaker 2: Special ENVOYE. Steve Witkoff are headed there, and an Israeli
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  Speaker 2: delegation led by Netanyahuo's closest advisor Dermer, will also travel
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  Speaker 2: to Cairo in order to try and complete this negotiation.
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  Speaker 2: But we know, of course that Hamas's positive response to
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  Speaker 2: this twenty point plan to end the war, it was positive,
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  Speaker 2: but it did include some caveats, and it did not
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  Speaker 2: address one of the key issues at the core of
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  Speaker 2: this deal, and that is Hamas needing to disarm Gaza
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  Speaker 2: Strip being demilitarized as part of any agreement to end
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  Speaker 2: the war in Gaza. And it remains unclear how that
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  Speaker 2: gap is going to be bridged by these two sides.
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  Speaker 2: But I can tell you from speaking with some of
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  Speaker 2: the families of hostages tonight right here where they held
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  Speaker 2: another rally, that there is finally a sense of hope,
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  Speaker 2: cautious hope, without a doubt. But this moment does feel
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  Speaker 2: different for many of the families of the hostages who
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  Speaker 2: have been waiting nearly two years now for their loved
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  Speaker 2: ones to be released.
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  Speaker 1: All right, thank you, Jeremy Diamond, Julia in Washington. What
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  Speaker 1: are you hearing from the White House? Well.
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  Speaker 3: In a social media post just a couple of hours ago,
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  Speaker 3: President Donald Trump said that Israel had temporarily stopped the
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  Speaker 3: bombing in order to give the hostage release and the
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  Speaker 3: peace plan a chance. In that same post, he warned
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  Speaker 3: Hamas that it needed to move quickly toward an agreement
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  Speaker 3: or quote, all bets will be off now. As Jeremy
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  Speaker 3: pointed out, there are still a lot of questions as
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  Speaker 3: to how or when a lasting peace deal could come together,
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  Speaker 3: but we have seen some momentum. President Donald Trump has
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  Speaker 3: been clear that this is a goal of his to
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  Speaker 3: help bring this conflict to an end, and on Monday
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  Speaker 3: he hosted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Nettannah, who here at
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  Speaker 3: the White House. The two leaders set down for a
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  Speaker 3: bilateral meeting, and then during a joint press conference, Net
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  Speaker 3: and Yahoo expressed support for Trump's twenty point plan. That
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  Speaker 3: plan calls for the release of all hostages held by
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  Speaker 3: Hamas within seventy two hours of an agreement, and it
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  Speaker 3: lays out a roadmap for Gaza if the war comes
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  Speaker 3: to an end. After being given an ultimatum and a deadline,
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  Speaker 3: Hamas said that it would immediately enter negotiations to release
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  Speaker 3: those hostages, but stop short of fully endorsing all twenty
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  Speaker 3: points that the Trump administration has laid out in remarks
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  Speaker 3: from the Oval Office following that announcement from Hamas, Trump
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  Speaker 3: called this a big day, but he did caution that
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  Speaker 3: this is not a done deal, a done piece agreement.
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  Speaker 1: Yet.
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  Speaker 3: Take a listen. This is a big day. We'll see
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  Speaker 3: how it all turns.
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  Speaker 1: Out.
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  Speaker 3: We have to get the final word down and concrete.
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  Speaker 3: Very importantly, I look forward to having the hostages come
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  Speaker 3: home to their parents. And then I want to pull
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  Speaker 3: up that social media post that I referenced earlier to
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  Speaker 3: read that to you in full. Trump said, quote, I
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  Speaker 3: appreciate that Israel has temporarily stopped the bombing in order
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  Speaker 3: to give the hostage release and peace steal a chance
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  Speaker 3: to be completed. Hamas must move quickly, or else all
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  Speaker 3: bets will be off. I will not tolerate delay, which
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  Speaker 3: many think will happen, or any outcome where gaz opposes
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  Speaker 3: a threat. Again, Let's get this done fast. Everyone will
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  Speaker 3: be treated fairly. Those are the most recent remarks from
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  Speaker 3: Trump himself.
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  Speaker 1: Fred all right, Julia Benbrooke, thanks so much,