The brother of Itzik Elgarat, who was taken captive into Gaza during Hamas’s October 2023 terror onslaught in southern Israel, urges US President-elect Donald Trump to press Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a hostage-ceasefire deal.
“We believe in your strength to quickly bring about a deal. Don’t let up on Netanyahu, demand a comprehensive deal from him that will return everyone and end the war,” Danny Elgarat says alongside other hostage families during their weekly press appearance outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv.
Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is being held hostage in Gaza, decries “political considerations” that she says are impacting the hostage negotiations.
“Because of the political considerations negotiations are being held on a partial deal and not a comprehensive deal,” she says, while bashing far-right ministers Bezalel Smotrich and Itamar Ben Gvir for “pushing for the establishment of settlements in Gaza and not being ready to end the war.”
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