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☆ Israeli president talks hostages, truces and criticizes Irish PM’s tweet in CNN interview
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-26 | by ( Sophie Tanno | Elise Garofalo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Israeli President Isaac Herzog discussed the release of hostages, the likelihood of a longer truce and had some sharp words for the Irish PM in an interview with CNN’s Wolf Blitzer on Sunday. So far 41 hostages have been released in the first two days of the truce, with a third group expected on Sunday. Herzog was speaking ahead of a third release of hostages on Sunday, which saw 17 more people released. Speaking about his post-war vision for Gaza, Herzog described “some sort of a formation that is effective enough, but also represents the various interests.”“This is the vision. Irish prime ministerAmong those freed Saturday was a nine-year-old girl with joint Irish and Israeli citizenship, Emily Hand.

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CNN —Abigail Edan, the 4-year-old American dual citizen abducted by Hamas on October 7, has been released – marking the first successful release of an American hostage since the start of a truce between Israel and Hamas. Edan is one of the 17 hostages released Sunday. Two American women who are unaccounted for are also expected to be part of the group of 50 women and children hostages released as part of a four-day truce, now in its third day. But we do know this: We have reason to believe that today, one American will be released,” he said. Humanitarian aid into GazaSullivan also detailed some of the inspection mechanisms involved with getting humanitarian aid into Gaza.

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