Families of remaining slain hostages say PM rebuffing their requests to meet

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum demands Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet immediately with the relatives of slain hostages still held by Hamas to give them an update on the efforts to return their loved ones’ remains from Gaza, saying their requests for a sit-down the past two weeks have been rebuffed.

“The time has come for the prime minister to look into the whites of our eyes and directly update us without mediators on the contacts and prospect for the release of all the hostages,” the group says in a statement. “The prime minister of Israel is ignoring the requests of the families to meet and sends his emissaries to reject and delay any attempt to schedule a meeting.”

“The return of all the hostages is the duty of the State of Israel, not the US, not Qatar or any other caring leader. The time has come for actions, not promises,” the forum adds.