Jerry Seinfeldhas been inIsraelthis week meeting with the families of hostages captured byHamasalong with some of those recently released.

The American JewishSeinfeldcreator met on Monday night with the families at the Hostages and Missing Persons Families Forum Headquarters.

According to Israels Channel 13, the meeting lasted two hours longer than scheduled.

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Around half of the hostages captured on October 7 have so far been released.

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