President Biden met with the U-S hostage deal negotiation team at the White House. The Situation Room meeting followed the murder of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages by Hamas. Their bodies were found in Gaza over the weekend. The White House says the president “expressed his devastation and outrage at the murder, and reaffirmed […]
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Biden meets with hostage deal negotiators after murder of 6 hostages in Gaza
President Biden met with the U-S hostage deal negotiation team at the White House. The Situation Room meeting followed the murder of Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin and five other hostages by Hamas. Their bodies were found in Gaza over the weekend. The White House says the president “expressed his devastation and outrage at the murder, and reaffirmed the importance of holding Hamas’s leaders accountable.” He received an update from advisers and they “discussed next steps in the ongoing effort to secure the release of hostages.” GC, Wash.