Rome, Jan. 12 (LaPresse) – ‘These are crucial days for the release of the hostages. I congratulate those involved in the negotiations and I hope they will soon find an agreement that will allow the hostages to return home’. The Israeli president, Isaac Herzog, wrote this on X. ‘We must act with all our strength, on every front, to bring them back,’ he added, ’we will not stop until each of them returns home, either to the embrace of their families, or to be buried with dignity.