JERUSALEM, Israel – Israel and Hamas agreed to extend the four-day ceasefire two more days, in hopes that the pause will see the release of an additional 20 hostages.
On Monday, 11 Israelis, including 2 mothers and 9 children, returned home after 52 days in captivity by Hamas.
Among the reunions: 15-year-old Dafna and her 8-year-old sister Ela, who are now with their birth mother. Hamas murdered their father, step-father and step-brother in Kibbutz Nir Oz.
The White House expects more reunions.
John Kirby, National Security Council spokesman, stated, “That’s really the goal here, to get all the hostages home with their families where they belong. And you know, however long that could take.”
Yet, Kirby says the White House is skeptical concerning how Hamas may use the ceasefire.
“It’s a real risk, he explained. “You have to expect a group like Hamas – a terrorist group, which clearly doesn’t abide by laws of war – will try to take advantage of any pause in the fighting for their own benefit. So we’re watching that closely, as well as our Israeli counterparts, You can you can bet that they’re watching that closely.”
Meanwhile, after huge pro-Palestinian marches took place in London Monday. More than 100,000 marched in Britain’s
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