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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
Hostage families say firing of Gallant further attempt by Netanyahu to torpedo deal
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum condemns the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, calling it a “direct continuation of the ‘efforts’ to torpedo the hostage deal.”
The group, which represents the families of those taken hostage on October 7, demands that incoming Defense Minister Israel Katz “express an explicit commitment to the end of the war and to carry out a comprehensive deal for the immediate return of all the abductees.”
“The dismissal of the Defense Minister is an unfortunate proof of the Israeli government’s poor set of priorities,” the Forum adds in a tweet stating that “the military goals in the Gaza Strip have been achieved” and that Israel must now obtain a “comprehensive deal for the release of all the abductees and the end of the war.”
“It is impossible for political, party and personal interests to continue to be the focus instead of the real national interest in the immediate return of all the hostages,” it concludes.
