Families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip on Saturday urged the Israeli government to quickly present a new negotiating plan for their release, more than two months after the start of the war with Hamas.
“The only thing we receive over and over again is dead hostages. Our demand is not a fight, it is a demand that anyone would make if he were your father. Take this into account and come up with a negotiation plan now.” said Noam Perry, daughter of an Israeli hostage in Gaza, at a meeting of hostage families in Tel Aviv.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Friday to “learn” from the deaths of three Israeli hostages who were shot as they approached Israeli soldiers carrying a white flag.
“Let’s learn the lessons”, Netanyahu said in a statement on Israeli television, accompanied by Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and Minister without Portfolio Benny Gantz.
The head of government added that Israel will continue “military and diplomatic efforts” to ensure that all hostages return home.
Defense Minister Yoav Galant, in turn, emphasized that “the entire nation of Israel feels the pain of the families of the hostages who lost their loved ones in very tragic and painful circumstances.”
The Hamas Health Ministry has reported 18,800 deaths in Israeli attacks on Gaza since the start of the war with Israel, sparked by the bloody attack by Hamas commandos on Israeli territory on October 7.
About 1,140 people were killed in the attack, according to Israeli authorities.
Source: DN
