'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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