The father of hostage Eitan Horn says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tore his child away from his brother Iair, who was freed earlier this year in a ceasefire deal.
“My son Eitan is being held in inhumane conditions in a tunnel in Gaza and is dealing with a skin disease that is getting worse,” says Itzik Horn in a statement with other families of hostages, ahead of the weekly rallies.
“Netanyahu, you tore him away from his brother,” he says.
Iair and Eitan Horn were taken hostage on October 7, 2023, from Kibbutz Nir Oz.
Iair was released in February in a hostage-ceasefire deal. His brother Eitan remains in Hamas captivity in Gaza. The families of those held in Gaza have long campaigned for a comprehensive deal that would see all of the hostages brought home.
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