DEBORA PATTA:
00:00:15
For 674 days, Einav Zangauker has campaigned for her son Matan's freedom from Hamas captivity. Behind her, 80% of Israelis who want the war to end, among them hostage relatives who are angry and terrified. But my husband is still there. Every invasion, every bullet, every airstrike could cost him his life.
DEBORA PATTA:
00:00:44
Prime Minister Netanyahu's new war plan includes seizing Gaza City and occupying the whole territory in a bid to disarm Hamas and hand control to Arab forces, despite no agreement with any Arab nation. But Israel Defense Forces chief of staff reportedly believes it will endanger the hostages and their exhausted troops. Veteran Israeli hostage negotiator Gershon Baskin told us there is still a two-week window to negotiate a ceasefire. And once the war expands, it's going to be very difficult to turn it back. And a word of warning to Hamas, if the hostages die from starvation, the Americans are going to tell Israel, do whatever you need to do. So who is stopping a deal? Well, until now, it has been mostly Netanyahu and his government. President Trump needs to tell Netanyahu, I said for many months, I want this war to end. End it. Do it.
DEBORA PATTA:
00:01:44
Well over half a million Palestinians fled Gaza City as the IDF tried to root out Hamas, but hundreds of thousands returned during the January ceasefire, like Ibrahim [? Arabiyah, ?] who had this plea for President Trump. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
DEBORA PATTA:
00:02:01
"Our message from the rubble of Gaza," he said, "we want peace. Please stand with us." He now faces another forced evacuation, but this time, he says, he will not leave. That was Debora Patta reporting in Israel. We'll be right back.
