Israel is still holding onto hope as negotiations continue in Cairo for the release of hostages still held by Hamas two years after the Oct. 7 attacks, Fleur Hassan-Nahoum, the Israeli Special Envoy for Trade & Innovation and a former deputy mayor of Jerusalem, told Newsmax on Tuesday.
“We’re two years after the worst attack in modern history, certainly the worst attack on Jews since the Holocaust,” Hassan-Nahoum told “Newsline.” “And we all can’t believe that there are still 48 hostages, 20 of them still alive, held by this terrorist group called Hamas.”
She noted that U.S. envoys have been tasked with securing a deal. “They’ve been given a very simple instruction — don’t come back without a deal. And so I have hope, but we all have hope here that they can pull it off,” she said.
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