Blinken meets with hostage families as Hamas responds to ceasefire proposal

STILL HELD BY HAMAS. ANDREA MITCHELL IS IN AMAN, JORDAN TONIGHT. >> Reporter: TODAY, EIGHT MONTHS INTO THE WAR, HOSTAGE FAMILIES DEMANDING THE RETURN OF THEIR LOVED ONES OUT FRONT OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S HOTEL IN TEL AVIV. AMERICA'S TOP DIPLOMAT TELLING THEM -- >> I'M WORKING EVERY MINUTE TO BRING EVERYONE HOME. >> Reporter: HE MET PRIVATELY WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE AMERICAN HOSTAGES. I SPOKE EXCLUSIVELY WITH SELVE, INCLUDING THE MOTHER OF ITAY CHEN, WHO HAS BEEN TOLD HER SON WAS KILLED, BUT SAYS SHE WON'T BELIEVE IT UNTIL HAMAS RETURNS HIS BODY. >> WE EVEN -- WE DON'T HAVE A GRAVE. WELL DID NOT SAY THE SHIVA. FOR ME, ITAY IS STILL ALIVE. >> Reporter: IT CAME AFTER THAT DRAMATIC RESCUE MISSION, FREEING FOUR HOSTAGES, THREE HELD IN THIS HOME. AVIVA SIEGEL WHO HERSELF WAS KIDNAPPED ON OCTOBER 7th WITH HER HUSBAND. SHE WAS LATER RELEASED, BUT SHE IS SCARED THAT THAT MILITARY OPERATION MAY MAKE IT HARDER FOR KEITH THAN THE OTHER HOSTAGES STILL BEING HELD BY HAMAS. >> THEY'RE GOING HAVE HIM. THEY'RE GOING TO BE NERVOUS AND TAKE IT ALL OUT ON THE HOSTAGES. >> Reporter: LATE TODAY HAMAS RESPONDED TO THE ISRAELI CEASEFIRE OFFER. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT'S STILL EVALUATING WHAT THEY SAID. SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS DEMANDED THE LEADER OF HAMAS ACCEPT THE DEAL. >> ARE THEY LOOKING AFTER ONE GUY WHO MAY BE FOR NOW SAFE, I DON'T KNOW, TEN STORIED UNDERGROUND IN GAZA WHILE THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO SUFFER IN A CROSSFIRE OF THEIR OWN MAKING. >> Reporter: OBTAINING CROSS MESSAGES FROM YAHYA SINWAR, SAYING HE BELIEVES MORE PALESTINIAN DEATHS WORK TO HIS ADVANTAGE, CALLING CIVILIAN DEATHS NECESSARY SACRIFICES. TONIGHT, THE WHITE HOUSE'S JOHN KIRBY. >> IT SHOULD SURPRISE AND SHOCK NO ONE THAT A BEAST LIKE MR. SINWAR WOULD ACTUALLY TAKE GLEE IN IT. >> Reporter: AND TOMORROW, THE SECRETARY'S FINAL MIDDLE EAST STOP

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Length: 2min 9sec (129 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 12 2024