Hostage’s mom Einav Zangauker passes letter to PM during his trial: ‘You systematically refuse to meet with me’

Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is held hostage in Gaza, brings a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during a break in a hearing at his ongoing criminal trial.

Zangauker says she is writing to the premier because “you consistently and systematically refuse to meet with me in private, despite numerous official requests, as is customary in your dealings with all the families of the hostages.”

“The deal being negotiated is a selektzia deal,” she says, using a Holocaust-era term used to describe Germany’s distinction between Jews deemed fit for hard labor and those sent straight to the slaughter.

“I ask you to take care of getting Matan out of hell, and I demand that the prime minister brings a comprehensive agreement that will provide a solution for all 59 hostages, living and dead, and to ensure an end to the war, because we know that this is the only condition that Hamas is not willing to bend on,” she says.

“This is an unnecessary war, no more hostages must pay for this with their lives. If my Matan managed to survive to this day, I demand that the prime minister bring him and everyone else home. And not risk a single hair on a soldier’s head in an attempt to rescue hostages,” she says.

The letter is taken by Netanyahu’s lawyer Amit Hadad.

Matan Zangauker, who was abducted from his Nir Oz home on October 7, 2023, as part of Hamas’s attack on Israel, has been held captive in Gaza for 542 days. His mother is a prominent leader in the protests to secure the release of all those held by terrorists in Gaza.

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