Qatari ambassador meets with Israeli dad whose wife, kids are Hamas hostages

Rep. Daniel Goldman, D-N.Y., meets with Avichai Brodutch in Washington, D.C. (Daniel Sachs Goldman and Avichai Brodutch)

Qatari Ambassador to the U.S. Meshal bin Hamad al Thani met with an Israeli man whose wife and three children are currently held captive by Hamas in Gaza, Fox News has confirmed. 

The ambassador met with Avichai Brodutch, a member of Kibbutz Kfar Gaza, whose wife Hagar and three children, Ofri, 10, Yuval, 8, and Uria, 4, were kidnapped in the Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel. 

Brodach thanked the ambassador for Qatar's mediation efforts to free hostages held in Gaza. This is the first official meeting of a senior Qatari representative with an Israel family since the outbreak of the war. 

"As a parent, a father of three children held by Hamas in Gaza, I hope Qatar will continue its efforts to immediately return home my wife and three children, and the more than 30 children held hostage by Hamas," Brodutch said. 

IDF spokesperson Rear Adm. Daniel Hagari revealed earlier there are 224 hostages in Hamas' custody as of Thursday morning, and all families have been notified.