Protest of Gaza hostage families coincides with USA's Blinken's visit to Israel

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00:00Well, it has been a year and a little over two weeks now since Hamas stormed into Israel,

00:05killing 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages.

00:09One hundred of them are still being held in Gaza.

00:12Many of them are thought to be dead.

00:15Their families and friends, though, are doing their best to keep hope alive, turning out

00:18to protest in front of Blinken's hotel in Tel Aviv.

00:21Here's more of what they had to say.

00:24It's a great deal of frustration.

00:37Our conversations with Secretary Blinken have always been very frank, very open.

00:44There's an understanding that there are things that can be done, there are things that can't

00:48be done.

00:49We would act decisively, actively, proactively to get a deal on the table for Hamas to consider

00:57and put an end to all of this, including the suffering of the people in Gaza, and be able

01:03to bring humanitarian aid in.

01:04The only way to make that happen is by getting a hostage deal in place and releasing all

01:09the hostages that are in Gaza today, including the seven U.S. citizens.

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