{"id":2090271,"date":"2023-11-04T16:26:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-04T20:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intense-process-underway-to-secure-hostages-held-by-hamas-but-no-guarantee-white-house\/"},"modified":"2023-11-04T16:27:44","modified_gmt":"2023-11-04T20:27:44","slug":"intense-process-underway-to-secure-hostages-held-by-hamas-but-no-guarantee-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intense-process-underway-to-secure-hostages-held-by-hamas-but-no-guarantee-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"White House: &#8216;Intense process&#8217; to free Hamas hostages, but no guarantee"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fintense-process-underway-to-secure-hostages-held-by-hamas-but-no-guarantee-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2090271&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<p>Efforts to secure hostages held by Hamas have posed an\u200b &#8220;incredibly intense process,&#8221; with &#8220;absolutely no \u2062guarantee,&#8221; \u2062the Biden administration revealed Friday.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>The Hamas\u2062 terrorist group exercises strict control over Gaza, where it is holding hundreds of hostages kidnapped from Israel when it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/israel-at-war-after-unprecedented-hamas-attack-what-to-know-5506213\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacked the\u200d country on Oct. 7<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We are going to do all we possibly can to make sure that all the hostages of all nationalities come out of Gaza,&#8221; a senior Biden\u200b administration official told reporters \u2064in a call, noting the \u200bprocess is &#8220;incredibly difficult, complex, [and] time \u200dconsuming.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The official said the exact number of hostages is unclear but is well\u2064 over 100 and possibly over \u2062200. Securing their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intense-process-underway-to-secure-hostages-held-by-hamas-but-no-guarantee-white-house\/\" title=\"White House: 'Intense process' to free Hamas hostages, but no guarantee\">release involves multiple \u2063approaches<\/a>, including &#8220;indirect engagement\u2064 to try to find a framework to get the \u200bhostages\u200c out of Gaza,&#8221; he\u200d said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>He said that the two American hostages who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hamas-releases-2-american-hostages-after-negotiations-with-qatar-5514407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">released last\u200d month<\/a> showed what \u2063is possible, but the large number of \u2062hostages Hamas is holding makes the situation &#8220;extremely difficult.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Any arrangement to get 200 hostages out of Gaza is going to require a \u200cfairly significant pause in hostilities and the \u200bframework [is] being discussed,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Should we get to that point\u200c that [framework] would \u200dobviously go into\u2062 place &#8230; should \u200dthat get into\u200b place, there&#8217;ll be\u2064 a very significant pause\u200d in hostilities to make sure\u200d that that arrangement can actually be implemented.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3>Israel Resists US Pressure to Pause the War to \u200dAllow More Aid \u200bto Gaza, Wants Hostages Back First<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3>Nearly 80 Americans Have Departed Gaza, US Says<\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>&#8220;In fact, when we got the two Americans out a couple of\u2062 weeks ago, there was a limited pause, a kind of testing, pilot, to ensure\u200c that the hostages will be handed over to the ICRC [International Committee of the Red Cross] and then taken out of Gaza,&#8221; the official said, referring to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/hamas-releases-2-american-hostages-after-negotiations-with-qatar-5514407\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oct. 20 release<\/a> of a mother and daughter, who are dual citizens of the United States and Israel. &#8220;So that was something \u2064that\u200d had been worked out \u200dand it went quite well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>But due to \u2064the difficulty with \u200bcommunicating with\u2063 Hamas, the official said he \u2064&#8221;can&#8217;t \u2064put a timeframe&#8221; on getting the remaining hostages released. &#8220;We are hopeful \u200cand doing everything we possibly can\u2062 to get \u2062hostages \u2063out, \u2063but there&#8217;s absolutely no guarantee that it&#8217;s\u200b going to happen, \u2063or when it&#8217;s going to happen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Hamas Tried to Send Wounded Terrorists Out of Gaza: White House<\/h2>\n<p>The White House shared on Wednesday\u200d that five Americans, who were not hostages, were able to\u2062 leave\u200d Gaza.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shortcode post-related-videos\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"lazyload-placeholder\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>President Joe Biden <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/nearly-80-americans-have-departed-gaza-us-says-5522007\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told reporters<\/a> \u200bon\u200b Thursday that another &#8220;74 Americans folks, dual citizens&#8221; were able to evacuate Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Hamas had significantly delayed efforts to evacuate civilians from the Gaza Strip, the senior Biden administration official shared on Friday. The terrorist group\u200c &#8220;did not allow anyone to leave Gaza,&#8221; he said, noting that this affected some 6,000 foreign nationals and about 500 U.S. citizens, mostly dual nationals,\u2062 inside Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>During a congressional hearing on Tuesday,\u200d Secretary of State Antony\u200c Blinken stated that approximately 400 U.S. citizens and their\u2064 families were stuck in \u2064Gaza. Mr. Blinken estimated that this number \u2063increased \u2064to about 1,000, including\u200b families, who wanted\u2063 to leave\u200c the territory.<\/p>\n<p>Hamas \u2064later said they would allow U.S. and foreign nationals to leave, &#8220;subject to a number of \u2063wounded Palestinians of being allowed to \u200dleave as\u2063 well,&#8221; the official told reporters Friday. However,\u200d when the list of \u200cwounded Palestinians \u2064was provided\u2062 and vetted, about a third of them &#8220;were members of Hamas.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This was &#8220;unacceptable&#8221; to the United States, to Israel, and to Egypt. The process \u2064of finding \u200ca <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eastern-caribbean-states-open-consulate-in-western-sahara\/\" title=\"Eastern Caribbean states open consulate in Western Sahara\">mutually acceptable solution<\/a> took\u2063 time, and negotiations continued until the\u2063 wounded Palestinians leaving Gaza \u2064did not include Hamas terrorists, the official said.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar and\u2063 Egypt \u201cwere critical\u201d in the negotiations with the terrorist group,\u200d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The official also noted that the Rafah border\u2064 crossing, where foreigners were to exit \u2064Gaza and enter Egypt, has a \u200dhistory\u200c of security concerns from Egypt dating back to 2008. At the time, there was a breach of the Rafah\u200c crossing by Hamas, which\u200d led to an influx of people from Gaza into Egypt. As such, the official said, the United States had to work carefully with Egypt and the United Nations to ensure the safe passage of people through the crossing.<\/p>\n<p>The Gaza border authority on Thursday\u200c released a list of foreign passport holders, totaling 600 individuals, who are allowed to leave Gaza via the Rafah crossing, according to multiple reports. The number includes 400 Americans, as well as people from 14\u2064 other \u2063countries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"my-5\">\n<p>National Security \u200dCouncil spokesman John Kirby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/press-briefings\/2023\/11\/02\/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-and-nsc-coordinator-for-strategic-communications-john-kirby-26\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> on Thursday he expects more American civilians will be able to leave Gaza \u200d\u201cat a similar pace, \u200bif not better than what we\u2019ve seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What challenges have impeded\u200c progress in securing the release of the remaining\u2063 hostages?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ed that the number of\u200d U.S. \u200ccitizens in Gaza has since dropped\u200d to around 100.<\/p>\n<p>Efforts\u200c to secure the release of hostages held by \u200cHamas have proven\u2063 to be an incredibly intense and challenging process, \u2063according\u200c to the \u200cBiden administration. The Hamas \u200cterrorist group currently holds\u200c hundreds of hostages in Gaza, which it \u2064kidnapped from Israel during an attack \u200con\u200d October 7th. While the exact number of hostages\u2063 is unclear, it is believed\u2063 to be \u2063well over 100 and possibly over 200.<\/p>\n<p>The administration \u2063has reassured that they are committed to \u2064ensuring \u2064the safe \u2063return of all hostages of all nationalities from Gaza. However, the\u2064 process is complex and \u200btime-consuming, requiring a variety of approaches, including indirect engagement to establish a framework\u2063 for their \u2062release. The recent release of two American\u2062 hostages demonstrated\u200b what \u200dis possible, but the large number of hostages\u2062 held by Hamas makes the \u2063situation extremely\u200c difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Any arrangement \u2062to facilitate the release of 200 hostages would necessitate a significant pause \u2063in hostilities and would require careful consideration. The administration is actively \u200cengaged in discussions regarding this \u200cframework, which would involve \u200ca substantial pause in hostilities to ensure \u2063the \u2063effective implementation\u2064 of \u2062the arrangement. However, there is no certainty as to when or if this will occur.<\/p>\n<p>The difficulty\u2062 in communicating with Hamas has impeded \u200bprogress \u200bin securing the\u200b release of the remaining hostages. The\u200d administration\u200d is hopeful and exerting every possible effort to facilitate their release, but \u200cthere are no guarantees. Due \u200cto these\u2063 challenges, a\u200b timeframe cannot be provided for when the remaining hostages will be\u200b released.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the \u2064hostages, the White House revealed that five Americans who were not \u200dhostages were able to leave Gaza.\u2062 President Joe Biden announced that an additional\u2062 74 Americans, who are dual citizens, were\u2062 successfully evacuated from Gaza. The administration also shared that Hamas\u2064 had hindered efforts \u2063to evacuate civilians from Gaza, preventing anyone from leaving\u2064 the area. This affected thousands of foreign\u200c nationals, including around 500 U.S. citizens, mostly dual nationals, who were inside Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Secretary of State Antony\u200c Blinken stated that\u2063 approximately 400 U.S. citizens\u200d and their \u200dfamilies were initially stranded in Gaza, but the number \u200chas since decreased to around 100.\u200c Efforts to assist and evacuate American citizens from Gaza continue to be a top priority for the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>Securing the release of \u2064hostages held \u200bby Hamas remains a highly\u200d challenging endeavor. The Biden administration is dedicated\u2064 to using every available\u2062 means to bring these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hamas-posts-first-video-of-israeli-hostage-taken-to-gaza\/\" title=\"Hamas shares video of Israeli hostage in Gaza.\">hostages back home safely<\/a>. However, with the unpredictable\u200b nature of hostage\u2062 negotiations \u200cand the complexities involved, there are no guarantees of \u2063success or a timeline for their release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>we can to secure the hostages held by Hamas, but it is an incredibly intense and uncertain process,&#8221; stated the Biden administration on Friday. Hamas, a terrorist group, maintains strict control over Gaza and has kidnapped hundreds of hostages from Israel during its attack on October 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":2090272,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2090271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2090271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2090271\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2090272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2090271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2090271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2090271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}