Group of hostage families appeal to Trump to pressure Netanyahu to ink deal bringing all captives back

A group of hostage families holds their weekly press conference in Tel Aviv, pleading with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach a deal to release their loved ones and end the war in Gaza.

“Netanyahu, the families demand answers. If there is another selective deal,  will my Matan be released together with the American soldier who is held with him in a tunnel, or will he be left to die alone and waste away?” Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, says.

Yehuda Cohen, whose son Nimrod is held hostage, addresses US President Donald Trump, saying he is the only one “who can force Netanyahu to stop the war and bring everyone back.”

Omri Lifshitz, whose father was taken hostage and murdered in captivity, says that hostages who have been freed, including his mother, “can’t rehabilitate themselves until everyone is returned.”

“Only a deal will bring everyone back alive — the fate of the hostages who are still surviving cannot be the same fate as my father’s, who paid the price of abandonment.”