Netanyahu offers condolences to Ziyadne family: ‘We hoped and worked for their safe return’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers condolences from himself and his wife Sara to the Ziyadne family.

“We hoped and worked for the safe return of the four members of the family from Hamas captivity,” says Netanyahu. “We returned the children Bilal and Aisha on November 23, and we wanted to return Youssef and Hamza in the same way.”

The IDF said that Youssef’s body had been recovered and that it was investigating findings that could indicate the fate of Hamza, although both the family and Defense Minister Israel Katz said that the bodies of both men had been found.

Netanyahu thanks the IDF and Shin Bet for their ongoing determination to bring the hostages back.

“We will continue to make every effort to bring all of our hostages home,” he says, “both the living and the dead.”