Israeli negotiator says there’s a hostage release deal ready for signatures

Gershon Baskin, a backchannel hostage negotiator for Israel, says a compromise he wrote with an Israeli general and a senior Hamas negotiator is ready for endorsement from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Joe Biden. He explains to host Carolyn Beeler what’s in the proposed deal and what it’s like trying to bring the hostages home.

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