Benjamin Netanyahu asks for forgiveness as Israel protests, families mourn killed hostages

Published: Sep 01, 2024 Duration: 00:05:53 Category: News & Politics

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HIS AGENDA FOR THIS MULTI- NATION VISIT. >>> WE BEGIN IN ISRAEL THIS HOUR WHERE PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU ADDRESSED HIS NATION IN THE WAKE OF PROTESTS OVER THE DEATH OF SIX HOSTAGES IN GAZA. CRITICS HAVE BLAMED NETANYAHU FOR BILLING TO SECURE A CEASE- FIRE AND HOSTAGE RELEASE DEAL WITH HAMAS. HE SAYS HE SPOKE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS AND IT SAYS HE IS DEVASTATED OVER THEIR LOSS. >> THAT DESIRE TO LIVE AND ALL OF THAT LIGHT WAS SUDDENLY EXTINGUISHED IN ONE GO. ALL OF THAT WAS DESTROYED BY MONSTROUS CRUEL HANDS. I SAID TO THE FAMILIES, AND I WILL REITERATE THAT THIS EVENING . I AM BEGGING FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS THAT WE DID NOT SUCCEED BRINGING THEM HOME ALIVE. WE WERE VERY CLOSE. NEARLY THERE. >> THIS FOLLOWS SEVERAL CLASHES BETWEEN PROTESTERS AND POLICE IN TEL AVIV OVERNIGHT. A MAJOR UNION WENT ON STRIKE TODAY TO PUT MORE PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU TO ACCEPT A CEASE- FIRE DEAL. FUNERAL SERVICES FOR HIRSCH GOLDBERG POLAND WAS WHOLE HELD THIS MORNING IN JERUSALEM. HIS PARENTS LIVERED HEARTBREAKING EULOGIES. THEY PRAYED THEY WOULD NEVER HAVE TO GIVE. >> FOR 23 YEARS I WAS PRIVILEGED TO HAVE THE MOST STUNNING HONOR TO BE HIRSCH'S MAMA. I WILL TAKE IT AND SAY THANK YOU. I JUST WISH IT HAD BEEN FOR LONGER. PART OF WHAT IS SO DEEPLY CRUSHING AND CONFUSING FOR ALL OF US IS THAT A STRANGE THING HAPPENED ALONG THIS MACABRE PATH UPON WHICH OUR FAMILY FOUND ITSELF TRAVELING FOR THE LAST 332 DAYS. MISSED THE INEXPLICABLE AGONY, TERROR, ANGUISH, DESPERATION AND FEAR WE BECAME ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN THAT YOU ARE COMING HOME TO US ALIVE. BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE. NOW I NO LONGER HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT YOU. I KNOW YOU ARE NO LONGER IN DANGER. >> CBS NEWS INTERPRETER ROBERT BERGER IS IN JERUSALEM WITH MORE ON THIS. ROBERT, LET'S START WITH THAT FUNERAL TODAY. JUST SO HEARTBREAKING. >> Reporter: HEARTBREAKING. A MASSIVE SHOW OF SOLIDARITY AND SUPPORT OUT ON THE STREETS FOR THE FUNERAL PROCESSION WITH THOUSANDS OF ISRAELIS CARRYING THE NATIONAL FLAG IN SOLIDARITY. HIRSCH WAS A SYMBOL OF THE HOSTAGE CRISIS, AND INTERNATIONAL SYMBOL, BECAUSE HE WAS AMERICAN. ALSO BECAUSE HIS PARENTS JOHN AND RACHEL, HAD GONE ACROSS THE WORLD IN A HIGH PROFILE CAMPAIGN TO TRY AND WIN HIS RELEASE. FOR INSTANCE, THEY SPOKE AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO. AND, BASICALLY -- IN THEIR EULOGIES TODAY, WHICH WERE VERY, VERY MOVING THEY SAID THAT THEY HOPED AFTER 330 DAYS THAT THEY HOPED THAT HIRSCH WOULD COME BACK ALIVE, BUT HE DIDN'T. AT THE SAME TIME THEY SAID THEY HOPED THIS IS GOING TO BE A TURNING POINT, HIS DEATH WILL BE A TURNING POINT TO WIN THE RELEASE OF THE REMAINING 101 HOSTAGES HELD IN GAZA. >> RIGHT. I WONDER ABOUT THAT. IS THERE MORE PRESSURE BECAUSE OF WHAT JUST HAPPENED THIS WEEKEND ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU NOW TO STRIKE A DEAL WITH HAMAS? >> Reporter: YES. MASSIVE PRESSURE. BECAUSE WE SAW LAST NIGHT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT ON THE STREETS OF TEL AVIV TO DEMONSTRATE AND CALL FOR A HOSTAGE DEAL NOW. AND THE SHEER NUMBERS ON THE STREETS, THEIR ORGANIZATIONS ALSO GOING ON TODAY. AND THE SHEER NUMBERS ARE PUTTING PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU TO MAKE A DEAL WITH HAMAS TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME. BUT IF WE HAVE LEARNED ANYTHING FROM NETANYAHU OVER THE PAST SIX MONTHS OR SO IS THAT HE IS CAPABLE OF RESISTING PRESSURE. HE HAS FACED MASSIVE PRESSURE FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, FACED PRESSURE FROM THE FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES AND NOW ON THE STREETS. NETANYAHU HAS A DILEMMA. HE WANTS TO BRING THE HOSTAGES HOME, BUT THE FAR RIGHT WING MINISTERS IN HIS GOVERNMENT HAVE THREATENED TO TOPPLE THE GOVERNMENT IF HE GOES AHEAD WITH THIS DEAL TO STOP THE WAR. NETANYAHU IS A POLITICAL SURVIVOR. HE IS TRYING TO MAINTAIN HIS GRIP ON POWER RESISTING THIS PRESSURE. >> ROBBER, WE SHOULD MENTION THAT WE ARE SEEING A SLIGHT PAUSE IN FIGHTING RIGHT NOW FOR THE U.N. POLIO VACCINATION EFFORTS HAPPENING THERE. TELL US MORE ABOUT WHAT THIS LOOKS LIKE ON THE GROUND AND HOW THOSE VACCINES ARE ACTUALLY BEING ADMINISTERED. >> Reporter: YOU IN AND PALESTINIAN HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE SET UP SPECIAL FACILITIES AND PARTS OF GAZA TO ADMINISTER THIS ORAL POLIO VACCINE. STARTING IN CENTRAL GAZA. WE ARE SEEING THREE-DAY PAUSES IN FIGHTING ARE SUPPOSED TO TAKE PLACE IN FIRST CENTRAL GAZA, WHICH IS HAPPENING NOW. THEY HAVE ALREADY VACCINATED MORE THAN 80,000 CHILDREN IN THE FIRST DAY YESTERDAY. THAT IS CONTINUING TODAY. AND THAT THE THREE DAY PAUSE IS SUPPOSED TO EXTEND TO SOUTHERN GAZA IN THE COMING DAYS. AND THEN, FINALLY, TO NORTHERN GAZA . THE GOAL IS TO VACCINATE 640,000 PALESTINIAN KIDS

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