Israel – The Jerusalem Post, October 29, 2024
Families of the hostages from the Hostage Family Forum demanded an urgent meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, saying that now is the time to bring the hostages home in a deal.
“Before [teams] go to negotiations, after the assassination of [Hamas head Yahya] Sinwar, and before any meeting with political forums who do not fully represent the hostage families, we demand again what we asked for over six months ago – an urgent meeting between the prime minister and the body that represents all hostage families,” read a letter addressed to the prime minister.
The demand was made through the Hostage Family Forum by a panel of six hostage family members who said they were selected to speak on behalf of the hostage families by representatives of the families of all of the hostages in Gaza.
“The series of security achievements” Israel has recently made “mandate the creation of a clear, determined, and brave policy to realize victory. There will be no such [victory] and never can be victory without the return of all the hostages – the living for rehabilitation and the dead for burial,” said the letter.
