Relative of Hamas hostage seen on video speaks to CBS New York

TIME SINCE OCTOBER. >> GOOD EVENING. THANKS FOR JOINING US. I'M JESSICA MOORE. >>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS ONCE AGAIN TRYING TO RESTART CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL AND TONIGHT ONLY CBS 2 IS TALKING WITH A NEW YORK CITY MAN WHOSE BROTHER-IN-LAW WAS SEEN IN A VIDEO RELEASED BY HAMAS. CBS 2'S DERICK WALLER JOINS US WITH THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS. >> AS YOU MENTIONED, TONIGHT WE'RE HEARING FROM TWO RELATIVES OF THE TWO PEOPLE FEATURED IN THOSE PROPAGANDA VIDEOS WE FIRST SHOWED YOU ON SATURDAY. THEIR FAMILIES ARE HOPEFUL HAMAS MAKING THESE VIDEOS MEANS A DEAL TO RELEASE THEM COULD STILL BE ON THE TABLE. >> I DO THINK A DEAL CAN BE REACHED. I MEAN WE KNOW THAT. A DEAL WAS REACHED IN NOVEMBER. DOZENS OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE RELEASED. >> SPEAKING ON "FACE THE NATION" THIS MORNING, HANNAH SIEGEL, THE NEAT NIECE OF AMERICAN CITIZEN KEITH SIEGEL. >> WE HAVE TO BELIEVE HE'S ALIVE AND HIS WIFE, MY AUNT, VIRA SIEGEL, WHO WAS HELD 52 DAYS RELEASED IN THE DEAL THAT TOOK PLACE IN NOVEMBER, SHE WAS WITH HIM. SO WE KNEW WHEN SHE CAME OUT, SHE TOLD US THAT HE WAS ALIVE, BUT THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT WE'RE SEEING HIM THAT WE'RE HEARING HIM. IT'S SURREAL. >> ISRAELI HOSTAGE OMNI MORAN WAS ALSO SHOWN IN THE VIDEO. HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW WHO LIVES IN NEW YORK CITY TELLS CBS 2 THEIR FAMILY HAD NO IDEA THAT VIDEO WAS COMING. >> IT'S A MIXED BAG OF POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EMOTIONS. HE LOOKS DIFFERENT, SPEAKS DIFFERENTLY, THAT THE LIGHT IN HIS EYES, HIS GENTLE SMILE ARE LONG GONE, BUT HE'S ALIVE. >> NEW VIDEO FROM THE WAR ZONE SHOWS MORE HUMANITARIAN AID DROPPING FROM THE SKY WHILE FIGHTING CONTINUED IN THE DISTANCE. THE ISRAELI ARMY ALSO RELEASED VIDEO SHOWING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A LANDING JETTY SO U.S. TROOPS CAN MORE QUICKLY GET AID TO THE MILLIONS OF PALESTINIANS TRAPPED IN GAZA. MEANWHILE SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IS TRAVELING TO SAUDI ARABIA TO TRY AND RESTART CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SUNDAY REITERATING HIS OPPOSITION TO A PLANNED ISRAELI INVASION OF GAZA'S SOUTHERNMOST CITY OF RAFAH, WHERE 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE SHELTERING. >> WE'VE HAD SEVERAL STAFF TALKS WITH THEM. WE INTEND TO DO THAT MORE. THEY'VE ASSURED US THEY WON'T GO INTO RAFAH. >> THE WHITE HOUSE REVEALING BIDEN AND NETANYAHU SPOKE CLOSE TO AN HOUR TODAY

Channel: CBS New York

Views: 114,251

Keywords: CBS 2 News Weekends, hamas, hamas hostages, israel, israel-hamas war, keith siegel, local tv, face the nation, derick waller, new york city

Id: w9-eGdrvbhs

Length: 2min 46sec (166 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 28 2024