Israeli prime minister resolve the conflict with Lebanon diplomatically; US secretary of state to tour Middle East amid fears of wider conflictThe Times of Israel is carrying some quotes from a relative of one of the hostages seized from Israel by Hamas who later died during a failed resuce attempt by the Israeli military. Merav Barkai described the situation as “incredibly sad and difficult”.Citing her appearance on 103 FM radio, it reports the aunt of Sahar Baruch said:When we received the notification that he had been killed, it could have been a different notification. This was a rescue attempt; we were so close to being there. We were scared from the beginning that there would be a military attempt to rescue him and it would end this way. It’s incredibly sad and difficult. Hostages were freed, people left there alive, we felt like we were close, just a step away from that embrace. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/jan/04/israel-gaza-war-live-updates-hamas-palestine-antony-blinken-us-secretary-visit-saleh-al-arouri-death
Author : Léonie Chao-Fong(now); Maya Yang, Martin Belam and Reged Ahmad (earlier)
Publish date : 2024-01-04 22:38:35
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