From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Hostages’ families demand to meet leaders to get clarification on how they intend to keep their loved ones safe
Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center
Hostages’ families will gather outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem this morning, stating that they have long been requesting meetings with elected officials who are responsible for the fate of their loved ones, but their requests haven’t been heeded.
It’s now clear, assert the families in a statement by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, that the elected officials aren’t meeting with them because they were always planning to end the ceasefire. They charge that the overnight Gaza strikes could “bury” the remaining hostages.
“The hostage families demand a meeting this morning with the prime minister, the defense minister and the head of the negotiating team in which [the officials] will clarify how they can guarantee that hostages won’t be affected by the military pressure and how they are planning to get them home,” say the families.
