Einav Zangauker appeals to PM to honor vow and bring back all hostages by accepting US proposal

Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is being held hostage in Gaza, demands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu honor his promise to her to bring back all the hostages by accepting a US-backed ceasefire proposal.

In a weekly press conference, Zangauker says that if the deal is implemented, it will be possible to return all the hostages and end the war.

“If Netanyahu didn’t thwart the previous deal, the hostages would have already been at home,” she says, referring to the January ceasefire deal. “But at this moment, when there is a grave fear for the lives of hostages due to military pressure, when our heroic soldiers are falling in a war that has already achieved its goals, a ceasefire is the order of the day.”

“A ceasefire chooses life. The Israeli government must do everything so that the proposal is implemented this week. My Matan, who is held alone in a tunnel, sick with muscular dystrophy, has run out of time,” she says.

“I call on the prime minister from here — Netanyahu, two days ago, you promised me you would bring back everyone. This is the time for actions,” she says, urging him to accept the proposal and send a negotiating team to reach the deal.

According to an unsourced Channel 12 report Thursday, US President Donald Trump has offered a direct guarantee to Hamas that if it agrees to the so-called Witkoff framework — which includes the release of 10 living hostages in two phases and 18 bodies in three phases over the course of a 60-day ceasefire — the US will ensure efforts continue to reach a lasting end to the conflict.