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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 20, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, June 20, 2024
Netanyahu meets with families of hostages killed in Gaza: ‘Committed to returning everyone’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds a rare meeting with the families of hostages who have been killed in Hamas captivity.
“We are committed to returning everyone, all of the 120 hostages, both the living and dead. We won’t give up on anyone,” he is quoted as saying in a statement from his office.
“We won’t leave the [Gaza] Strip until all the hostages return and we won’t leave until we eliminate Hamas’s military and governing capabilities,” he adds.
The statement doesn’t say which families took part in the meeting, which was also attended by the premier’s wife Sara Netanyahu and several other officials, and no images are released by the Prime Minister’s Office.
