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see some of those former prisoners, the palestinians on board that bus. making their way back into gaza and onwards. we're going to have more on this story across the program. first were going to take a closer look at some of the hostages that were released by hamas today. amongst the group were sisters, they were attacked at their home. the girls were part of a family group whose capture was live streamed by the attackers themselves. also for the first time today a us citizen was released. abigail idan was just three at the time that she was taken hostage. she spent her fourth birth...

With the palestinian authority and make greater concessions. >> definitely. i said the following. had i been prime minister, i would have blown hamas very strongly, but i would have gone to ramallah where mahmoud abbas is, knocked him in the door, looked him in the eye and start negotiating an agreement between us and the palestinians. the exit strategy for this crisis should include the following. very strong involvement of egypt. and very strong involvement of aabbas. as we speak, abbas -- >> the president of egypt. >> they are the axis of moderate forces in the region, together with the jor...

You beg and plead the occupier to give you. that's not how a state gets formed. it's unrealistic, we tried it for 20 years. it's failed. what obama is trying to do, in israel, went to ramallah and the west bank. he said the bare minimum what he needed to say to the palestinians but comes nowhere close to getting a state necessary to resolve the conflict and rescue america's broader position in the middle east. >> what would it have looked like had he been serious. >> it would have contained a clear reference to 1967 borders and clear reference to opposition settlement activity and not said cle...