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Monday, January 29, 2024
Families of hostages meet Qatar PM in DC, warn ‘we are out of time’ to bring them home

People attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held held hostage by Hamas in Gaza at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, January 27, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/ Flash90)
The families of some of the hostages still being held by Hamas meet in Washington with the prime minister of Qatar, thanking the Gulf state for its role in working to secure a deal.
“In our meeting with the prime minister of Qatar, we made our position clear: all parties must do a deal and bring the hostages home,” the families’ forum says in a statement. “We extend our heartfelt thanks for the efforts of the state of Qatar to date and the critical role played by Qatar in facilitating the release of over 100 hostages in November.”
The statement says that so many weeks later, “we know that the conditions and treatment of remaining hostages are brutal and dire, and we are out of time to bring them home.”