Hostage forum fumes after PM says he will only convene meeting on Doha talks tomorrow night

14 March 2025, 3:27 pm

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The Hostages and Missing Families Forum criticizes Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after his office says that Israel’s hostage talks delegation will return from Doha later today, but will not meet with the prime minister and his senior officials until Saturday night.

“The families of the hostages apologize for disturbing you on Shabbat, but their loved ones do not have time to wait!” the forum says.

“Twenty-four hours in captivity is 24 hours of hell, torment and abuse, it is 24 hours of danger of death and disappearance,” it says, pleading for the ministers to convene sooner than tomorrow night.

“For the hostages and their families, there is no Shabbat and no holidays,” it adds. “Return all 59 hostages immediately, and in one fell swoop!”