{"id":267393,"date":"2025-08-02T21:04:59","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:04:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/witkoff-meets-with-families-of-israeli-hostages\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T21:04:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T20:04:59","slug":"witkoff-meets-with-families-of-israeli-hostages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/witkoff-meets-with-families-of-israeli-hostages\/","title":{"rendered":"Witkoff meets with families of Israeli hostages"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/1KbCV4dJC_s\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Witkoff meets with families of Israeli hostages\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1KbCV4dJC_s\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Steve Witkoff, the United States&#8217; Special Envoy to the Middle East, held a nearly three-hour meeting with the families of those still being held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, telling them that the US\u2019 \u201cfirst priority\u201d is getting the hostages back to Israel, the forum said. 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