BUT THEY ARE NOT LOOKING
PROMISING.
WITH ISRAEL AND HAMAS BLAMING
EACH OTHER.
IRAN IS REJECTING CALLS FROM THE
U.S. AND EUROPE NOT TO RETALIATE
AGAINST ISRAEL FOR THE
ASSASSINATION OF A HAMAS LEADER
IN TEHERAN TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE PRESIDENT SAYING THE COUNTRY
HAS THE RIGHT TO RESPOND.
IRAN IS STILL DECIDING HOW AND
WHEN.
PRESIDENT BIDEN SAID HE HOPES A
WIDER CRISIS CAN STILL BE
ALERTED IF ISRAEL AND HAMAS
AGREE TO A CEASE-FIRE AND
HOSTAGE DEALS.
>> DO YOU HAVE THE UNDERSTANDING
THAT IRAN COULD CEASE OR STOP
DOING AN ACTION IF A CEASE-FIRE
DEAL IS POSSIBLE?
>> THAT’S MY EXPECTATION, BUT
WE’LL SEE.
>> Reporter: BUT THERE IS VERY
LITTLE HOPE THIS MORNING FOR THE
TALKS.
HAMAS SAYS IT ALREADY AGREED TO
A U.S. PROPOSAL A MONTH AGO AND
WON’T ATTEND A NEW ROUND OF
NEGOTIATIONS SET FOR THIS WEEK,
ACCUSING THE ISRAELI PRIME
MINISTER NETANYAHU OF STALLING
TO KEEP THE WAR GOING, AN
ACCUSATION HE DENIES.
ISRAEL SAYS IT’S HAMAS THAT’S
STALLING AND CONTINUING TO HOLD
HOSTAGES IN GAZA.
ROMI WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE FROM THE
MUSIC FESTIVAL.
LAST WORD, HER HER MOTHER AND SI
RECEIVED IS THAT SHE IS ALIVE
BUT INJURED, SHOT IN THE ARM.
SHE TURNS 24 ON SUNDAY.
>> WE THOUGHT -- WE -- WE
CELEBRATE WITH HER HERE.
WE UNDERSTAND IT WILL PROBABLY
NOT BE HERE TOGETHER.
>> YOU JUST WANT YOUR LOVED ONES
TO BE SAFE AND TO BE FREE.
IT’S LIKE AS SIMPLE AS THAT.
>> Reporter: MANY GAZANS SAY
THEY WANT THAT, TOO.
THESE FOUR DAY OLD TWINS,
WITNESSES SAY, WERE KILLED BY
ISRAELI FIRE.
THEIR FATHER SAYS HE JUST LEFT
THEM TO COLLECT THEIR BIRTH
CERTIFICATES.
THE ISRAELI MILITARY DID NOT
RESPOND TO OUR DETAILED REQUEST
FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE
INCIDENT.
BUT IT HAS SAID REPEATEDLY HAMAS
HIDES AMONG CIVILIANS.
AMID THE RISING TENSION, THE
U.S. LAST NIGHT APPROVED $20
BILLION IN ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL,