Dave McCormick: “Hamas needs to give up the hostages and bring them home…”

“And that's what that deal was meant to do. That was an ability. I mean, if you want to fix the hostage problem, Hamas needs to give up the hostages and bring them home, both those that are living and those that are dead. I was hopeful that the deal Steve Witkoff had put on the table was going to do that.” (06:47–06:53)

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