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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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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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