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Monday, June 3, 2024
Hostage mother threatens Likud MK, campaigning for deal to free captives
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. 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 mother of one of the remaining 120 hostages in Gaza threatens a Likud lawmaker in the Knesset today, amid a political battle over a proposed hostage deal that threatens to derail Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition.
Yelling at MK Nissim Vaturi outside a meeting of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Einav Zangauker, mother of Hamas hostage Matan Zangauker, threatens that she will “pursue you my entire life if you return my son to me in a coffin or a body bag.”
“You can file a complaint that I am threatening you,” she adds.
משפחות החטופים מפגינים סמוך לועדת החוץ והביטחון שחבריה מקבלים סקירה מדינית ביטחונית מרה"מ נתניהו, "ואטורי אני ארדוף אותך כל חיי אם תחזיר את הבן שלי בארון או בשקית" pic.twitter.com/o84zl5x8ve
— חזקי ברוך (@HezkeiB) June 3, 2024
Since the Knesset reconvened in late May after a recess, hostages’ family members have resumed appearing at the beginning of many committee meetings.
They are pushing for the government to agree to a newly proposed hostage release and ceasefire deal.
The Times of Israel Community.