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Biden doesn’t know when Hamas will free American hostages in Gaza

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President Biden on Friday praised the release of two dozen hostages who had been held by Hamas terrorists for more than six weeks but said « we don’t know » when Americans will be set free.
President Biden on Friday praised the release of two dozen hostages who had been held by Hamas terrorists for more than six weeks but said “we don’t know” when Americans will be set free.
Mr. Biden said that extensive U.S. diplomacy, and mediation by regional players such as Qatar and Egypt, helped bring about Friday’s hostage release.
“It’s only a start, but so far it’s gone well,” Mr. Biden said at a hastily arranged press conference from Nantucket, where he celebrated Thanksgiving.
“Today’s releases are the start of a process. We expect more hostages to be released tomorrow, and more the day after, and more the day after that.”
Hamas has been holding about 240 hostages since Oct. 7, when it launched a brutal terrorist assault on Israel that killed more than 1,200 people in Israel.

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