Matan Zangauker’s mom says his blood ‘will stain hands’ of PM if he’s not freed from Gaza

Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, says in remarks addressed to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that her son’s “blood will stain your hands” if the premier fails to bring him back.

Following Hamas’s publication of a photo of Matan next to what appears to be an IV bag, Zangauker tells the 1,000-strong crowd on Begin Road, “I’m very worried about Matan’s physical and emotional state. I’m very afraid of a deterioration in his condition.”

“Our heart is broken by the knowledge that without Netanyahu’s political calculations, all this would have been avoided,” she says.

A block south, cops clash with left-wing activists holding signs accusing Israel of war crimes in Gaza and calling on soldiers to refuse to serve in the Strip.

According to the activists, police blocked them for the second week running from joining other protesters on Begin Road.

MK Gilad Kariv yells at police that they are breaking the law as officers drag an activist to the sidewalk.

“The hostages are in our hearts, but there is a wider viewpoint,” says a man speaking through a megaphone to the 100-odd left-wing gathering. “It all starts with our apathy toward the occupation, our apathy toward the Palestinian issue.”