President Biden will also be talking to the cameras within a hour or so, the White House says.

Among all the hostages, two are American citizens.

The attack was the largest massacre of Jews since the Holocaust, according to the State Department.

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They could free the hostages today.

This is now Trumps ceasefire, said Alex Marquardt on CNN this morning summing up the realpolitik reality.

He will have to put it into effect.

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He will have to pressure the parties to confirm that this is maintained.