Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Joe Biden are holding a meeting with the families of the American hostages: the Siegel family, the Alexander family, the Dekel-Chen family, the Naftali family, the Nautra family, the Goldberg-Polin family, and the Chen family.
On the Israeli side, the meeting is attended by the Coordinator for Prisoners and Missing Persons, Gal Hirsch, the Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, and the Israeli Ambassador to the United States, Mike Herzog.
On the American side, the meeting includes National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, the Middle East Coordinator, Brett McGurk, and the US Ambassador to Israel, Jack Lew.