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'Torn between hope and fear': Israel's desperate families wait to hear if their loved ones are alive

Israel waits for Hamas to release hostages

In this episode of Battle Lines, Middle East Correspondent Natalia Vasilyeva looks at the highly anticipated hostage release and temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, after weeks of bloody fighting. She also talks about the rollercoaster of emotions being experienced by the families of hostages, desperate to find out if their loved makes will make the lists of those being released.

Plus Foreign Reporter Verity Bowman on the dire public health situation in Gaza as disease stalks the streets. 

Contributors:

David Knowles (Host). @djknowles22 on X.

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Middle East Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter.

Verity Bowman (Foreign Reporter). @VerityBowman on X.


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