CNN anchor apologizes for saying Israeli hostages were probably treated better than average Gazan

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Edward Teach

Oct 14, 2025

Yesterday, as Trump's historic peace deal kicked off in Israel and hostages were released, CNN anchor Christiane Amanpour decided to say this on live television:

[Israeli hostages] have probably been treated better than the average Gazan because they are the pawns and the chips that Hamas had.

And then later she was forced to apologize:

I'm glad she learned her lesson!


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