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Israel cautiously optimistic about ceasefire negotiations, as thousands demand Netanyahu accept a deal
ABC NEWS (Australia)
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8/18/2024
Israeli negotiators have expressed cautious optimism about accepting a ceasefire deal to halt the war in Gaza. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing pressure from his own people to do so with major street protests urging him to act.
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On a steamy night here in Tel Aviv, thousands of Israelis are turning up the heat on Benjamin
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Netanyahu's government, demanding that he accept a ceasefire deal, ending hostilities
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in Gaza and prompting the return of more than 100 hostages still held there after 316 days.
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Among them, Amnon Shakar, whose granddaughter is still being held by Hamas.
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He says he believes she's still alive and hopes that she'll return soon.
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We heard mainly from those hostages that did come back, like 50 days after they were kidnapped.
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She was well, a little bit wounded, but basically she was okay, on her feet, talking to everybody.
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And then we had some, what the military calls, sign of life.
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You know what it means, exactly like I know what it means.
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Sign of life.
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That's it.
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No interpretation, no explanation.
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But I believe the military when they say that, so we know she was alive a few months back.
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The problem is, when you're there with the Hamas, you can tell exactly how she is at
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11 o'clock.
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That doesn't mean anything about 11.05.
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He's not convinced that Benjamin Netanyahu is doing the right thing and holding out.
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But there are other items on the priority list that are being considered, other than
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the one item which should be the only one on the priority list, which is bring the hostages
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back.
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This very fact is catastrophic for the state of Israel.
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Because in the years to come, the citizens of Israel will ask themselves only one thing.
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They don't even know it yet, but they'll ask themselves one thing.
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Should my government do everything in her power, anything, to bring the hostages back?
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Here in what's dubbed Hostages Square in the heart of Tel Aviv, there is a clear message
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to the government.
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Get a deal and get it now.
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Tonight, the Prime Minister's office may well have given Israelis some hope, a statement
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released in the last couple of hours expressing cautious optimism about being able to reach
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a deal.
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Of course, while these negotiations are put on hold and that work is happening behind
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the scenes, the bombardment of Gaza continues.
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At least 10 more Palestinians killed in strikes today.
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It goes to show that the suffering that hostages and their families are experiencing here in
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Israel and that of the population in Gaza continues, and all of them will be hoping
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a deal can be reached very soon.
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