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President Biden on Friday will speak via Zoom with the families of Americans believed to be held hostage by Hamas.“I think they have to know that the president of the United States of America cares deeply about what’s happening. Deeply.
We have to communicate to the world (that) this is critical. This is not even human behavior. It’s pure barbarism,” Biden said.
He added: “We’re going to do everything in our power to get them home if we can find them.”A source familiar with the situation confirmed that the call is expected to happen later Friday.
Fourteen Americans remain unaccounted for, and the White House believes “less than a handful” are being held hostage by Hamas following this weekend’s attacks, National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby has said.
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Biden on Friday spoke with the families of the Americans who remain unaccounted for in Israel after promising to speak with family members of those who are held hostage by Hamas.
During a speech in Philadelphia Friday afternoon, Biden recounted the conversation.“They’re going through agony not knowing what the status of their sons, daughters, husbands, wives, children are,” he said. “You know, it’s gut wrenching. I assured them my personal commitment to do everything possible, everything possible” to ensure the Americans’ return.
National Security Council coordinator for strategic communications John Kirby told reporters that Biden “conveyed directly to these families that they have been in his prayers and we affirmed for them that the United States government is doing everything possible to locate and bring home their loved ones.
”The call was led by special presidential envoy for hostage affairs Roger Carstens, Kirby said.“Several of the family members shared information about their loved ones – personal stories and experiences that they have gone through as they endure this, quite frankly, unimaginable ordeal,” Kirby said.
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Fourteen Americans remain unaccounted for, and the White House believes “less than a handful” are being held hostage by Hamas following this weekend’s attacks, Kirby has said.
The US is in “direct communication” with Israeli counterparts and the families, Kirby told CNN’s Poppy Harlow on Friday morning.“The families have been a good source of information because some of them, you know, they saw their loved one being abducted or they know they’ve seen images of their loved one being abducted.
So they have been a significant and an important source of information as well,” Kirby said Friday.But, he added, “We just don’t have enough information to develop any specific policy options one way or the other.”
“We have to communicate to the rest of the world, this is critical. This is not even human behavior. It’s pure barbarism,” he said
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