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00:00 This is the situation in Gaza as Hamas returns to the negotiation table.
00:07 Among the latest destructions, these buildings in Rafah, the southern city pounded again.
00:14 This is supposedly the safe area in Rafah.
00:18 We were displaced and came to it.
00:20 It is nonsense.
00:22 All areas are the same.
00:24 There are civilians and children dying.
00:26 In the deal currently discussed, bombardments and fighting could be halted for several weeks.
00:32 Hamas wants to push it further,
00:35 demanding that the long, multi-phased process would end with Israeli forces pulling out of Gaza.
00:43 That's the main sticking point.
00:46 Israel's government still wants to destroy what it calls Hamas' last battalions
00:51 to avoid new attacks once Israeli troops leave the ground.
00:55 The fact Hamas is sending negotiators to Egypt
00:59 and that Ismail Hanieh, the head of the political wing of the group,
01:03 describes their spirit as "positive" is seen as an encouraging sign.
01:09 A hope that Israeli hostage families are clinging on to
01:13 as perhaps the last chance to see their loved ones come home alive.
01:18 For Doror's family, that hope was dashed
01:21 as authorities said the 49-year-old was killed on October 7th like his wife.
01:26 Two of their children were taken hostage and released by Hamas in November.
01:31 133 hostages are still held by Hamas.
01:35 Many are believed to be dead.
01:37 Their families are pleading that they all be released.
01:41 - Cheers. - Cheers.