Ruby Chen, Father of Hostage, Shares Concerns Over Partial Hostage Release Deal | EWTN News Nightly

About this sermon

The families of the hostages are watching the negotiation of deals between Hamas and Israel very closely. This includes the family of Itay Chen, an Israeli-American citizen killed in the attacks on October 7th, whose body was then taken into Gaza. Ruby Chen, father of Itay Chen, joins to share his concerns about this deal as a number of hostages could be released if the deal goes through, but not all of them. Chen tells us what the overall feeling is among the families of the hostages that he knows. Chen met with officials in Qatar including those representing the United States. He discusses how that meeting went. Chen and his wife plan on attending President-elect Trump's inauguration next week. He explains whether he is optimistic about his administration's ability to help get all the hostages back. ------------ EWTN News Nightly provides the latest news and analysis from a Catholic perspective. Join host Tracy Sabol, our Capitol Hill, White House and Rome Correspondents, as well as many other diverse guests daily, to get the latest from the U.S. and the Vatican on topics regarding our Catholic faith and interests. ------------- EWTN News Nightly airs on EWTN weekdays at 6pm & 9pm ET. ------------ Don't miss an episode of EWTN New Nightly. Get updates here: https://www.ewtn.com/tv/shows/ewtn-news-nightly ------------- Sign up today to receive the EWTN News Nightly newsletter: https://www.ewtn.com/enn ------------- Follow EWTN News Nightly on Social Media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ewtnnewsnightly Twitter: https://twitter.com/EWTNNewsNightly Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ewtnnewsnightly/ ------------- Subscribe to EWTN YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/user/EWTN ------------- You can support the EWTN News mission: https://bit.ly/3qDR1qf

Topics

• Parenting