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Hostage’s brother to Smotrich: By going against deal you’re sacrificing, executing injured soldier
Ofir Angrest, brother of hostage Matan Angrest, speaks at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, November 18, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The brother of a hostage held in Gaza blasts Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich for saying a hostage deal would be a “catastrophe,” saying the leader of the far-right Religious Zionism is “sacrificing and executing” the captive soldier.
“I want to stand here and show you who you are sacrificing — Sgt. Matan Angrest, kidnapped, seriously injured, lost all his friends, whom you are executing,” Ofir Angrest tells Smotrich at a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, according to the Ynet news site.
“Every day another family loses a son and is broken. This is the time to push for the return of my brother and all the hostages,” he says.
Matan Angrest was taken hostage from Nahal Oz on October 7.
Matan Angrest was taken hostage on October 7, 2023, from his tank unit at the Nahal Oz army base. (Courtesy)
