Hostages Families Forum accuses government of choosing to ‘sacrifice’ their loved ones

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum accuses the government of intentionally deciding to “sacrifice the hostages,” slamming comments made by Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky and National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi insulting the relatives of captives.

They have decided “to withdraw from a fundamental moral principle according to which Israel will never leave anyone behind, and prefer to continue the fighting over achieving the main goal of freeing the hostages who were abandoned by the government,” the forum says in a statement.

“The captives, and the entire State of Israel, have been taken hostage by those who choose political interests over their national duties,” the statement reads.

On Thursday, National Security Adviser Tzachi Hanegbi reportedly said that the current government will not agree to end its war against Hamas in exchange for the release of all the remaining hostages held by the terror group, during a meeting with relatives.

Hanegbi was also said to snap at relatives who criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Appearing on the Kan public broadcaster, Likud MK Hanoch Milwidsky accused Dani Elgarat of exploiting the plight of his brother Itzik who is being held hostage in Gaza for political gain.