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Added on the 06/02/2017 09:11:04 - Copyright : Citizen
French citizen Louis Arnaud is welcomed off the plane by French Foreign Minister Stephane Sejourne at Le Bourget airport near Paris, before embracing his father and then his mother, after being held in Iran since September 2022 and sentenced last year to five years in prison on national security charges. IMAGES
The White House says 17 American doctors in Gaza "who wanted to leave" are out now. "I won't speak for the other three, but I can assure you that any of them that wanted to leave are out now," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
The United States says an Israel-Hamas deal to free hostages in return for a pause in fighting remains possible and would have "tremendous" benefits, after a deadly Israeli operation freed two captives. "We do believe that a deal is possible and we're going to continue to pursue it," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller tells reporters during a briefing. "We think the benefits of a pause and a deal for hostages are tremendous, not just obviously for the hostages who would be released but also for the humanitarian effort in Gaza and for our ability to begin to pursue a real and lasting, sustainable resolution of this conflict," he adds. SOUNDBITE
The White House says it is "seriously concerned" about reports that a Palestinian teenager with dual US citizenship has been killed by Israeli fire in the occupied West Bank. "We're seriously concerned about these reports. The information is scant at this time, we don't have perfect context about exactly what happened," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
"A ceasefire right now really only benefits Hamas. That's where we are right now," National Security Council spokesman John Kirby tells reporters. SOUNDBITE