Hostage families accuse PM of torpedoing deal after he says IDF won’t leave Philadelphi, Netzarim corridors ‘under any circumstance’

The Hostages Families Forum accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of permanently abandoning the hostages to their fates in Gaza after he told members of the hardline Tikva and Gvura forums earlier today that “Israel won’t leave the Philadelphi Corridor and the Netzarim Corridor under any circumstances,” and said he was “not sure there will be a deal.”

“The prime minister’s remarks are effectively a torpedoing of the hostage deal,” the forum says. “Netanyahu won’t face that abandoning the hostages leads to their being murdered in captivity.

“They’re not suffering, they’re also dying,” the statement continues, referring to comments allegedly made by the premier during a cabinet meeting last month, when he said that the hostages “are suffering but they are not dying.”

“There is no hope and no heroism in a ‘firm’ stance that will result in the continued death of all the hostages,” the forum continues, alluding to the Tikva and Gvura forums, whose names mean “hope” and “heroism,” respectively. “The Israeli government abandoned the hostages on October 7 and is now abandoning them for good.”