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Majority of public continues to break with PM in backing end to war for hostages — poll
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Visitors look on as a clock counts the time since hostages were taken on October 7, 2023, at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, April 20, 2025. (Miriam Alster/ FLASH90)
A majority of the Israeli public continues to break with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in backing an end to the war in exchange for the release of all remaining hostages, a poll from the Kan public broadcaster shows.
Asked whether they back an agreement that includes the return of all hostages along with an end to the war in Gaza, 56% of the 602 respondents say they do, just 22% of them say they do not, and 22% say they don’t know.
While Hamas has expressed its support for such an exchange, Netanyahu reiterated on Saturday that he will not get behind it, as doing so would leave Hamas in power.
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