From Netanyahu begins English presser with apology to families whose hostages he couldn’t save
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Speaking at a press conference for foreign press, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu starts with a visibly emotional mien, recounting haltingly his apology to the family of slain Alex Lobanov for failing to get him and five other hostages out of Gaza.
He says he knows what it is like to turn into a grieving family. “It is a horror.”
“On October 7, we experienced the worst savagery in this century,” he says.
He recounts the murder, rape, and kidnapping that Hamas carried out on October 7.
“These are the savages, these are the terrorists that Iran implanted next to our border, as elsewhere, and we are committed to defeating them,” he says. “To extirpating this evil from our midst.”
He then reiterates much of the presentation regarding the Philadelphi Corridor that he gave on Monday in Hebrew.
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