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Phil Gordon, former national security adviser to Kamala Harris, alleged that Israeli PM Netanyahu added numerous conditions that made a 2024 hostage-ceasefire deal 'impossible for another six months,' a delay he says cost nearly 9,000 additional Palestinian lives. Separately, Red Cross chief Mirjana Spoljaric said earlier pressure for hostage releases 'could have saved more lives,' while defending the complexity of ICRC visits and insisting Israel is legally obligated to grant visits to Palestinian prisoners.