From Lapid says his opposition party backs hostage release deal
Carrie Keller-Lynn is a former political and legal correspondent for The Times of Israel
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid speaks during a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on November 20, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid says his Yesh Atid party gives its “backing” to the hostages for a ceasefire and prisoners deal approved by Israel’s cabinet early this morning.
Acknowledging that close to 200 hostages will remain in Gaza under the deal terms, Lapid writes on X that “the State of Israel has a supreme obligation to continue to work to return all the hostages home, until the last one.”
