CNN’s Amanpour calls controversial Israeli hostages comments ‘insensitive’

CNN’s Christiane Amanpour mentioned Monday that her suggestion that Israeli hostages could be handled “higher than the typical Gazan” was “insensitive and incorrect.”

Amanpour made her unique commentary on “CNN Information Central” whereas reporting on the “pleasure” felt in Israel following the discharge of twenty Israeli hostages.

She acknowledged the bodily and psychological torture the hostages endured for about two years, however argued that they could have been handled higher than Gaza residents as a result of Hamas used them as “leverage.”

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Christiane Amanpour beforehand claimed there was a “double normal” in assist for Israel. (Mike Marsland/Getty Pictures for SeriousFun)

“It has been a horrible two years for them, as a result of not solely are they there – you recognize, they’re in all probability handled higher than the typical Gazan, as a result of they’re the pawns and the chips that Hamas had,” Amanpour mentioned. “Now, by the best way, Hamas has given up all its affect by giving all of it up. In order that’s a victory for the Israeli facet.”

Amanpour confronted swift backlash for her feedback, which prompted her release a statement on her CNN present ‘Amanpour’.

“Earlier reside on air, I spoke about what a day of actual pleasure that is, for Israeli households whose family members are lastly being returned from two years of horrific Hamas captivity, and for civilians in Gaza, who’ve lastly obtained a reprieve from two years of brutal, lethal warfare,” Amanpour mentioned. “I famous that for the hostages who’re lastly house, it is going to take a very long time to get better mentally and bodily.”

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Folks wave Israeli and American flags in Hostages Sq. throughout a rally in assist of hostages and lacking households following the peace deal between Israel and Hamas. (Dana Reany/Hostages and Lacking Households Discussion board)

She continued: “I additionally remorse saying that they could have been handled higher than many Gazans as a result of Hamas used these hostages as pawns and bargaining chips. It was insensitive and incorrect. In speaking to many former hostages and their households, like everybody else, I’m shocked at what Hamas has subjected them to over the previous two lengthy years.”

Fox Information Digital contacted CNN for remark.

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Amanpour has confronted backlash for its reporting on the warfare between Israel and Hamas up to now. In 2023, weeks after the October 7 assault, she claimed that the “remainder of the world” agreed with the Queen of Jordan’s assertion that there was a “flanking double normal” in assist of Israeli residents however not Palestinians.

The twenty different Israeli hostages had been launched on Monday. (Oded Balilty/Related Press)

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Hamas has launched all 20 remaining dwelling hostages held in Gaza as a part of a ceasefire settlement with Israel. They arrived in Israel on Monday, the place they may bear medical checks after 738 days in captivity.