Mossad chief David Barnea reportedly told the cabinet meeting yesterday that the female hostages don’t have any time left to wait for a new hostage deal framework, Hebrew media reports.
“The girls in captivity don’t have time to wait for changes in the proposal under discussion,” several Hebrew sites quotes Barnea as saying in the closed-door meeting.
Barnea’s comments come amid reports Netanyahu wants to make changes to the deal currently on the table.
The Walla news site says Barnea received support from two of the female ministers.
“It’s an open wound in society. We are obligated to the public and to the citizens who were not protected by the IDF and Shin Bet on October 7,” says Transportation Minister Miri Regev according to Walla.
“Women can give birth after nine months and that is a disaster that you cannot recover from,” Walla quotes Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel as saying in a reference to concerns the female hostages my have been sexually assaulted in captivity.
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