BY HAMAS AND ARE TED WAYMAN SPOKE WITH THEM TODAY. ISRAELI FAMILIES WILL TELL YOU THE EXTENDED CEASEFIRE IS GETTING MORE PEOPLE RELEASED. IN FACT, THERE’S A GROUP FROM ISRAEL IN TOWN MEETING WITH THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION. NOW, THOSE FAMILIES HAVE LOST LOVED ONES ON OCTOBER 7TH AND EVEN HAVE LOVED ONES STILL BEING HELD HOSTAGE. THEY’RE HOPING THEIR MESSAGE GETS TO THE WHITE HOUSE. WE FEEL THAT HE’S ALIVE. WE HAVE THAT FAITH THAT HE’S ALIVE AND WE STILL KEEP FIGHTING FOR HIM. AND WE DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO BRING HIM BACK HOME AND ALL HOSTAGES BACK HOME. HODAYA ABU IS TALKING ABOUT HER FRIEND WHO WAS TAKEN HOSTAGE BY HAMAS ON OCTOBER 7TH. SHE HAS COME TO BOSTON WITH OTHER ISRAELI FAMILIES TO TELL THEIR STORIES OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS KILLED AND TAKEN BY HAMAS OVER THE PAST 50 DAYS AND HOPE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS IN MASSACHUSETTS HEAR THEIR PLEAS TO GET MORE HOSTAGES HOME. WE GOT THREE FAMILY MEMBERS BACK. WE’RE STILL WAITING FOR HIM. BUT WE WILL BE HAPPY FOR EVERYONE WHO COMES BACK. IT WAS PAINFUL. THE A LOT OF PAIN IN THAT THOSE FAMILIES, SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY LOST LOVED ONES SINCE SISTERS, UNCLES. BUT THEY I THINK THEY DID A GOOD JOB IN GIVING VOICE TO PEOPLE WHO COULDN’T RAISE A VOICE OF THEIR OWN. MY SISTER IS IS MY STORY. SHE DIDN’T COME BACK. SHE WAS ATTACKED BY THIS TERROR ORGANIZATION. AND THESE FAMILIES HOPE US DIPLOMACY, SHE WILL GET MORE HOSTAGES BACK HOME. CONGRESSMAN STEVE LYNCH HAS BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE PRESIDENT OVER THE LONG HOLIDAY WEEKEND. THE PRESIDENT, I BELIEVE, IS DOING EVERYTHING THAT HE POSSIBLY CAN TO MAKE SURE THE HOSTAGES COME OUT AND THAT ISRAEL IS PROTECTED AND THAT HAMAS IS BROUGHT TO JUSTICE. THAT ISRAELI GROUP IN TOWN IS FROM A GROUP CALLED BRING OUR PEOPLE HOME FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK. THEY’LL CONTINUE TO MEET WITH THE STATE’S CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION, AS WELL AS JEWISH GROUPS ACROSS BOST