Overview

• Christiane Amanpour made the remark during a live CNN News Central segment after being asked for her big-picture view of the ceasefire deal.
• She later said the comment was insensitive and wrong, issuing the apology on her program and posting it on X.
• The exchange came as Hamas freed 20 living hostages under a phase-one ceasefire brokered by President Donald Trump, with Israel releasing hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
• Israel’s Foreign Ministry rebuked the line as propaganda, while other critics pointed to testimonies of starvation, torture, and forced grave digging.
• Amanpour had contrasted the hostages’ access to Israeli medical and mental-health care with Gaza’s devastated health system and limited capacity for civilian treatment.