BBCNEWS The July 5, 2024
the families of the hostages — of course notjust those directly involved, but the families of the 130 or so hostages thought to still be held in captivity. hamas has done this thing before, trying to put pressure on the israeli government to call a cease—fire in order to release the hostages safely. but this episode has been particularly distressing and i think brutal. these videos were released in three trenches — the first videos show just the three hostages speaking, it wasn't clear when the images were taken. the second video which was released this morning showed the three...