“I heard stories that they broke my heart, I heard about thirst and hungerabout physical and mental abuse,” Netanyahu said at a press conference. “I heard, and so do you, about sexual assaults and brutal rape cases like no other,” he added.
Regarding the Hamas conflict, Netanyahu considered that “Gaza must be demilitarized“. “Only the IDF They can take care of that. No international force can do that for us. “We saw what happened in other places where international forces were taken for disarmament purposes.”
Relatives of the hostages called the meeting with Netanyahu “a farce”
Despite having met with the prime minister, the victims’ relatives expressed harsh criticism against the Government.
Dani Miranwhose son Omri was taken hostage on October 7 by Hamas gunmen, he said he felt that his intelligence was insulted by the meeting and that he had abandoned her halfway. “I’m not going to go into details of what was discussed at the meeting, but This whole performance was ugly, insulting, messy“, he declared to Israel’s Channel 13, assuring that the government had converted the matter into a “farce.”
“They say ‘we’ve done this, we’ve done that’ Sinwar (Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya) is the one who returned our people, not them. It outrages me that they say that they dictated things. “They have not dictated a single movement,” he added.
At the meeting they spoke of the mistreatment received by the captives at the hands of Hamasbut the meeting was overshadowed by the families’ emotions, worried about the hostages still being held.
Israel says several women and children remain in Hamas hands, while families with adult male relatives in captivity asked that they not be forgotten.
Source: Ambito
