Speaking to reporters during a visit to the Western Wall, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee spoke about efforts to save the remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.
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00:00that you start.
00:16I don't have any updates that I'm authorized to release. All I can tell
00:20you is that every effort continues to be made for every hostage to be released.
00:26Those who are living and those who remains are still in Gaza as a result of
00:32the horrific massacre that was inflicted upon the Israeli people and
00:39several American citizens as well. Yes.
00:48Speak up a little bit.
00:56Yeah, as you may know, the ambassador doesn't make the policy. He carries it
01:07out. So I tell people I'm not a chemist. I'm a pharmacist. Somebody else named
01:13the president who was elected. He'll be the one who will make the formula. He
01:17will give to me and I will dispense it. So when those instructions come, I'll be
01:24here to deliver them.
01:38Yeah, I would never try to inflict my view upon the Israeli government. They're
01:44dealing with very challenging circumstances. I have great respect for
01:48what they're trying to get done and the manner in which they're getting it done.
01:52And so I'm not going to second guess their efforts whatsoever. It would be
01:57inappropriate for me as a representative of the US government to evaluate what
02:03the Israeli government is doing.
02:06Yes.