Originally published at National Catholic Register
A deal to stop hostilities between Israel and Hamas for six weeks isn’t good enough because it doesn’t ensure that Hamas will release all hostages, the father of a slain Israeli soldier said.
A deal to stop hostilities between Israel and Hamas for six weeks isn’t good enough because it doesn’t ensure that Hamas will release all hostages, the father of a slain Israeli soldier said.
Ruby Chen, whose hometown is New York City, told EWTN News Nightly that he’s glad negotiators have made progress toward an end to fighting.
“But it is a bit bittersweet. On one hand, we see progress. And there’s a phase that sees movement towards getting some hostages out,” Chen said Tuesday, the day before the ceasefire deal was made public.
On the other hand, he said, “The agreement itself has a lot of loopholes. And we, the families, are a bit concerned that this agreement does not go till the end, and we’ll get all of the hostages out.”
“And as a U.S. citizen, as a U.S. taxpayer,” he added, “I had hoped to believe that the United States leading this negotiation would find a way to bring all of its citizens out
