Former NBC Middle East correspondent and Tel Aviv Bureau chief, Martin Fletcher, has just been speaking to NBC News.
His wife is a relative of the US hostages who have been released.
“Can you believe it? It’s like a miracle.
“We talked about it the other day – would they be human shields? Would they be killed by Israel’s invasion of Gaza?
“Nothing good could possibly happen.
“And then suddenly, bang – what an about-face.”
Talking about his wife’s reaction, he says: “Tears of emotion.
“Before she was crying tears of anguish – now I guess she is crying tears of joy – and my wife is not a sentimental woman.
“And, you know, she was the first to say: ‘That’s just our family – what about the rest?’.”
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