{"id":4289,"date":"2025-09-20T14:32:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:32:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/"},"modified":"2025-09-20T14:32:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-20T14:32:40","slug":"reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/","title":{"rendered":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"speakable\">I\u2019ve been reporting from the Mideast for some 25 years now. And that hackneyed cliche still works \u2026\u00a0&#8220;The more things change \u2026 The more they stay the same&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">Which is not to say the three weeks we\u2019ve stayed here this time have been dull.\u00a0There have been more ups and downs than a run-down roller coaster at an old Luna Park.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Our first field shoot was appropriately enough to visit released hostages and families of captives of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/stefanik-asks-ag-bondi-probe-medical-charity-over-hamas-propaganda-claims\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hamas<\/a>. Because, for the majority of Israelis, this is one of the most important topics.\u00a048 people held by terrorists, 20 still alive. Their time of imprisonment, the nearly 2 years of this Gaza war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/spains-prime-minister-sparks-outrage-over-alleged-nuclear-threat-against-israel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SPAIN&#8217;S PRIME MINISTER SPARKS OUTRAGE OVER ALLEGED NUCLEAR THREAT AGAINST ISRAEL<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/gray-palkot-with-israeli-hostage-release.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Greg Palkot with released hostage Keith Siegel in Tel Aviv September 2025\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Ben Jary)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>We met the families on Day 700 of the hostages\u2019 captivity. Lishay Lava-Mira begged for her husband Omri to come home. Liron Berman was sure his twin brothers would make it (&#8220;They\u2019re strong&#8221;). And Keith Siegel, a hostage, himself, for close to 500 days, articulate and healthy, looked beyond the Israeli government for help. &#8220;I call upon Trump to continue his efforts.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Early in our stay there was hope a new peace plan from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">U.S.<\/a> might gain traction.\u00a0All 48 hostages would be released in exchange for 3,000 Palestinian prisoners, and a cease-fire to assess the next steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That seemingly reasonable plan took hits left, right and center.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/cruz-slams-uns-israel-genocide-charge-pushes-consequences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CRUZ SLAMS UN&#8217;S ISRAEL \u2018GENOCIDE\u2019 CHARGE, PUSHES FOR CONSEQUENCES<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/gray-palkot-reporting-.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Greg Palkot reporting\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Greg Palkot&#8217;s hotel live studio\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Greg Palkot\u00a0)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>First a horror we learned about as we\u2019d finished a quick breakfast at our hotel. Two gunmen shooting up a busy commuter bus and bus stop in Jerusalem, leaving six dead and many more injured. The scenes were horrific and the actions to eliminate the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/world\/terrorism\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">terrorists<\/a> brave.<\/p>\n<p>Then the next morning, as cameraman Ben and I were doing a routine round-up of the news on the hotel balcony we call home, I noticed in the corner of my eye longtime and dedicated producer Yael inside our studio room jumping up and down.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Israel had done the unthinkable, targeting Hamas leadership in what should have been the neutral zone of Doha, Qatar.\u00a0The militants claimed they were discussing the peace plan at the time. That U.S. proposal became as dead as any victims the Israelis managed to hit (apparently no leadership).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And then to put the final &#8220;paid&#8221; to peace talks.\u00a0The much-touted full-scale ground invasion of Gaza City by Israel was launched.\u00a0To finish off some 3,000 remaining Hamas fighters and their infrastructure.\u00a0\u00a0As Netanyahu put it &#8220;What starts in Gaza (the ugly Hamas massacre and hostage-taking of Oct. 7.) ends in Gaza.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/343\/192\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/686\/384\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/672\/378\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1344\/756\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/931\/523\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1862\/1046\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/720\/405\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1440\/810\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/1200\/675\/eyal-zamir-idf-gaza-1.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"IDF Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>The Chief of the General Staff, LTG Eyal Zamir, conducted a field tour in the Gaza Strip.<\/span> <span>(IDF Spokesman&#8217;s Unit)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>And this is when the frustration sets in for grizzled combat reporters like me, and our top-notch war team of camera Ben, Producer Yael, and Security Rob. As they have throughout the war, Israel limiting access to the Gaza action.<\/p>\n<p>So we depend on local journalists to show us the horror. The destroyed urban scene.\u00a0And most importantly, the vast and ugly images of human suffering.\u00a0Hundreds of thousands of civilians, many not Hamas supporters, having to deal with the living hell that the terrorists and the fighting have imposed on them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Remember that line, &#8220;I wouldn\u2019t wish this on my worst enemy&#8221;?\u00a0Well, maybe I\u2019d go with it regarding\u00a0Hamas, but not these poor Palestinian children who know nothing of the geopolitics of the situation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/343\/192\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/686\/384\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/672\/378\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1344\/756\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/931\/523\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1862\/1046\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/720\/405\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1440\/810\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1200\/675\/gaza-rubble.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Palestinians walk through rubble in Gaza\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>A Gazan family walk near the rubble of buildings during the Eid al-Adha holiday, in Gaza City, June 6, 2025.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Mahmoud Issa\/Reuters)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>To their credit, IDF officials tell us they are moving slowly through the lunar landscape that is now Gaza. Careful not to endanger civilians and \/or hostages.\u00a0Somehow, with Hamas-backed local health officials indicating 65,000 have already been killed after 2 years of war, it seems somewhat after the fact.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But that means, again, according to the officials we\u2019ve spoken to, this whole Gaza City process could take as long as four months to complete. Too long for the morale-sapped reservists fighting the war.\u00a0Too long for the inhabitants enduring it all.\u00a0Too long for the desperate hostages.<\/p>\n<div class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/343\/192\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/686\/384\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/672\/378\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1344\/756\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/931\/523\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1862\/1046\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/720\/405\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1440\/810\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1200\/675\/gray-palkot-and-his-crew.png?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Security Rob Greg Palkot Camers Ben Jary\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Greg Palkot with Fox News security Rob Gray and camerman Ben Jary.\u00a0<\/span> <span>(Greg Palkot)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Unless there\u2019s a breakthrough.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No wonder the locals here look to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald Trump<\/a> and\/or a range of countries, bodies, figures (yes, Pope Leo) to try to intercede beyond\u00a0the local leaders, Israel\u2019s past duels with foes like Hezbollah and Iran seemed like well-tuned 21st\u00a0century war-making.\u00a0The fighting in Gaza is more like early 20th\u00a0century ugly World War I trench warfare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/apps-products?pid=AppArticleLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In between our live shots and reporting in Tel Aviv, we occasionally nip out to a few of the bars and restaurants that dot this seaside metropolis\u2014despite all, running full tilt. And wonder what this country would be like, as well, of course, what it would be like for the diverse Palestinian population without the yoke of war around their shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>No answers this trip.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <!----> <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<p>Greg Palkot serves as a London-based senior foreign affairs correspondent for FOX News Channel (FNC). He joined the network in 1998 as a correspondent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-war-grinds-gaza\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! I\u2019ve been reporting from the Mideast for some 25 years now. And that hackneyed cliche still works \u2026\u00a0&#8220;The more things change \u2026 The more they stay the same&#8221;.\u00a0 Which is not to say the three weeks we\u2019ve stayed here this time have been dull.\u00a0There have been more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza&rdquo;<\/span> &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v17.8 (Yoast SEO v22.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza - Breaking News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! I\u2019ve been reporting from the Mideast for some 25 years now. And that hackneyed cliche still works \u2026\u00a0&#8220;The more things change \u2026 The more they stay the same&#8221;.\u00a0 Which is not to say the three weeks we\u2019ve stayed here this time have been dull.\u00a0There have been more...Read More &ldquo;Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza&rdquo; &raquo;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Breaking News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg\" \/><meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8b364f5cc7fbc8705a888e63db8c026a\"},\"headline\":\"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\"},\"wordCount\":919,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#respond\"]}],\"copyrightYear\":\"2025\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\",\"name\":\"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza - Breaking News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Breaking News\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ventilshop-2362x591-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ventilshop-2362x591-1.png\",\"width\":1445,\"height\":591,\"caption\":\"Breaking News\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8b364f5cc7fbc8705a888e63db8c026a\",\"name\":\"Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3dd0b52c93ce674a00a0dbe8383290fdc661c12a7e48e5953f790da3887973d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3dd0b52c93ce674a00a0dbe8383290fdc661c12a7e48e5953f790da3887973d?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/author\/admin\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza - Breaking News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza","og_description":"NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! I\u2019ve been reporting from the Mideast for some 25 years now. And that hackneyed cliche still works \u2026\u00a0&#8220;The more things change \u2026 The more they stay the same&#8221;.\u00a0 Which is not to say the three weeks we\u2019ve stayed here this time have been dull.\u00a0There have been more...Read More &ldquo;Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza&rdquo; &raquo;","og_url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/","og_site_name":"Breaking News","article_published_time":"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg"},{"url":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg"}],"author":"Admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_image":"https:\/\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/israel-gaza.jpg","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Admin","Est. reading time":"5 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/"},"author":{"name":"Admin","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8b364f5cc7fbc8705a888e63db8c026a"},"headline":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza","datePublished":"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/"},"wordCount":919,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#respond"]}],"copyrightYear":"2025","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/","url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/","name":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza - Breaking News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00","dateModified":"2025-09-20T14:32:40+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/world\/reporters-notebook-israeli-hostage-families-plead-peace-falters-and-war-grinds-on-in-gaza\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Reporter\u2019s Notebook: Israeli hostage families plead, peace falters, and war grinds on in Gaza"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/","name":"Breaking News","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#organization","name":"Breaking News","url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ventilshop-2362x591-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/ventilshop-2362x591-1.png","width":1445,"height":591,"caption":"Breaking News"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/8b364f5cc7fbc8705a888e63db8c026a","name":"Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3dd0b52c93ce674a00a0dbe8383290fdc661c12a7e48e5953f790da3887973d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e3dd0b52c93ce674a00a0dbe8383290fdc661c12a7e48e5953f790da3887973d?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog"],"url":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ventil.rs\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}