Senior Israeli official: Those who speak with PM left with impression he believes hostages’ fate sealed

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a plenum session at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a plenum session at the Knesset, Jerusalem, November 12, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

A senior Israeli official tells the Yedioth Ahronoth daily that those who have spoken to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently, such as top aides to US President Joe Biden, have come away with the impression that the premier believes the fate of the hostages has already been determined.

Netanyahu “emphasizes the dead more than those who are alive,” the senior official says, speaking on condition of anonymity.

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