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Report: Families of hostages with American citizenship pushing Biden to make unilateral deal with Hamas
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Shira Ben-Sasson, a founder of the Hakhel synagogue in Jerusalem, lights a candle in memory of congregant and slain hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, September 1, 2024. (Deborah Danan)
The families of Americans kidnapped by Hamas and held in Gaza since October 7 are petitioning the Biden administration to cut a unilateral deal with the Palestinian terror group to free their loved ones, NBC News reports.
The report says that the relatives met with US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan on Sunday, hours after the IDF recovered the bodies of six hostages executed by Hamas in Gaza last week, including American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin.
It is believed that 97 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including seven American citizens. This count includes the bodies of at least 33 confirmed dead by the IDF, three of whom are American.
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