US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis
- Crown announced that Brett McGurk, a U.S. negotiator who led hostage talks, will release his book Brink on October 6, nearly three years after the Hamas siege.
- President Joe Biden appointed McGurk, a longtime Middle East adviser, in 2023 to oversee hostage talks between Israel and Hamas, traveling worldwide to balance competing demands.
- Brink discloses details of a near-deal before October 7 that would have normalized relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia, with McGurk describing scenes from the Situation Room.
- During the transition between Biden and President Donald Trump administrations, McGurk forged a bipartisan front with Trump appointee Steve Witkoff, ultimately securing a deal that saved lives.
- The book's October 6 release arrives nearly three years after the Hamas siege that left more than 1,000 dead and more than 200 taken captive, with remaining hostages freed in October 2025.
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A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hundreds of people captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall. The Penguin Random House imprint Crown has scheduled Brett McGurk’s “Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7 Hostages” for Oct. 6, nearly three years to the day after the deadly Hamas siege that left more than 1,000 people dead and more than 200 taken captive. McGurk, 53, is a longtime Mid…
Brett McGurk Releasing Book On Hamas Hostage Crisis
"A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hundreds of people captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall," the Associated Press reports."The Penguin Random House imprint Crown has scheduled Brett McGurk’s Brink: Inside the Race to Free the October 7
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US negotiator Brett McGurk will release a book on the Hamas hostage crisis
A lead U.S. negotiator for the release of hostages captured by Hamas during the Oct. 7, 2023, attacks in Israel will have a book out this fall.
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