Relatives of dead hostages chide Netanyahu: ‘When it ends badly, he doesn’t come or call’

Some relatives of hostages who died in Gaza criticize Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for personally meeting the families of today’s rescued hostages, while sufficing with sending a written message when rescue attempts go awry.

Avi Marciano, father of Noa Marciano who was murdered in captivity before her body was returned from Gaza, writes on Facebook: “I’m looking at Yaakov, the father of Noa Argamani, and can’t not be moved. I’m genuinely happy for all the families who got to embrace their loved ones. I’m also jealous.

“This highlights how our ending was bad. When it ends badly, the prime minister doesn’t come. He also doesn’t call.”

Yonatan Shamriz, whose brother Alon was mistakenly killed by IDF troops along with two other hostages, chastises Netanyahu for “taking half a day to get a grip” on October 7, yet rushing today to meet the rescued hostages and their families “within 15 minutes.”

Referring to comments by military officials that today’s rescue mission was a “hair’s breadth” between success and failure, Shamriz claims Netanyahu gambled “50-50” on the hostages’ lives, and that had it failed the families would “only have gotten a letter.”