Former Israeli hostage Yarden Bibas, who was freed in February, spoke to CBS’ “60 Minutes” about his experiences being held captive by Hamas for over a year.
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FreedIsraelihostageYardenBibasmadeadirectappealtoPresidentDonaldTrumptohelpothersstillinHamascaptivityina“60Minutes”interviewonSunday.
Inhisfirstinterviewsincebeingfreedlastmonth,BibastoldhostLesleyStahlhechoseanAmericanprogramsothat“theWhiteHousewouldhearhismessage.”
“Pleasestopthiswar.Helpbringallthehostagesback,”Bibaspleadedtothepresident.
“Andyouthinkhecanhelp?”Stahlasked.
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“Iknowhecanhelp,”Bibasanswered.“IamherebecauseofTrump.Iamhereonlybecauseofhim.Ithinkhe’stheonlyonewhocanstopthiswaragain.”
BibascalledonbothTrumpandIsraeliPrimeMinisterBenjaminNetanyahutoworktowardsaceasefiretorescuetheremaininghostages.ThoughIsraelrecentlybrokeaceasefireafterHamasrefusedtoreleasemorehostages,Bibasremainedoptimis
