Backroom Negotiations Intensify Over a Deal To Release More Israelis Held by the Enemy, as Netanyahu Vows To Finish the Fight

‘I want you to know, this is not your fault, this is on Hamas,’ Iris Haim, whose son fell to friendly fire while escaping in Gaza, tells Israel Defense Forces.

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A former Israeli hostage, Ofir Engel, 18, who was released from Hamas captivity, speaks to the media at Kibbutz Be'eri, Israel, December 20, 2023. The kibbutz was overrun by Hamas terrorists on October 7. AP/Ohad Zwigenberg

While backroom negotiations intensify over a new deal to release hostages held in Gaza, tensions grow in Israel between advocates of the abductees and those who fear a growing number of troop casualties in the war against Hamas. 

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