CBS interview with former Hamas hostage Yarden Roman-Gat wins Emmy award

Yarden Roman-Gat in an interview with Leslie Stahl on '60 Minutes,' December 17, 2023. (Screen capture: '60 Minutes,' CBS. Used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Yarden Roman-Gat in an interview with Leslie Stahl on '60 Minutes,' December 17, 2023. (Screen capture: '60 Minutes,' CBS. Used in accordance with clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

A CBS “60 minutes” interview with an Israeli woman who was held hostage by Hamas in Gaza for five weeks wins the award for Outstanding Edited Interview at the 45th Annual News & Documentary Emmys.

Israel-American producer Shachar Bar-On accepts the award, first of all thanking Yarden Roman-Gat for her participation in the interview with veteran US journalist Leslie Stahl.

Roman-Gat, 34, was kidnapped by Hamas terrorists from her in-laws’ home in Kibbutz Be’eri on October 7 and released in a truce deal on November 30.

In the CBS interview, released in mid-December, Roman-Gat said that she was under constant watch and faced perpetual fear of abuse throughout her 54 days in captivity. She spoke about the horror of hostage life, including having no control over what happened to her and being forced to act happy upon her release.

“First and foremost, thank you to Yarden Roman-Gat for trusting us and to her husband Alon, who also trusted us. His mother was killed on October 7 and his sister Carmel was just executed by Hamas this month,” Bar-On says, thanking them for trusting the team with their “important story.”

Bar-On also calls for an end to the ongoing war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’s October 7 massacre, and the release of 101 Israeli hostages still held by terror groups in the Strip.

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