Families of abductees gather in front of the Kirya in Tel Aviv following the disaster of three people killed publicly during a hostage retrieval operation.
Barnea is expected to fly to Europe to discuss continued negotiations for hostage release with Al Thani, the Prime Minister of Qatar, for the first time since the collapse of the ceasefire deal.
Biden, Blinken and Jon Finer, the deputy national security adviser, met with 13 family members while another three phoned in. Together, they are related to eight hostages abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre issued a clarification Tuesday after she failed to dunk a layup question.NBC News correspondent Peter Alexander asked Jean-Pierre at the press briefing about the viral videos of anti-Israel protesters ripping down posters of people kidnapped and held ho.