Katz: Bringing hostages home is most important war goal

By Emanuel Fabian

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17 November 2024, 1:21 pm

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Emanuel (Mannie) Fabian is The Times of Israel's military correspondent

Defense Minister Israel Katz (left) meets with Maj. Gen. (res.) Nitzan Alon and Maj. Gen. (res.) Yoav (Poly) Mordechai at the IDF's hostages' headquarters, November 17, 2024. (Shira Keinan/Defense Ministry)

Defense Minister Israel Katz says returning the kidnapped is the most important goal of the war.

“As I defined from my first day in the role, returning the hostages home is our most valuable goal. There never have been, and never will be, political considerations on the matter,” Katz says during a meeting with officials at the IDF’s command center for the efforts to free the hostages held by Hamas.

“Every meeting with the families of the hostages and those involved in the mission to return them fills me with more motivation, and I pledge to work together with the defense establishment in every possible way to return them home,” Katz adds.