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Tuesday, September 3, 2024
Slain hostage Lobanov’s widow refuses to meet Netanyahu as he visits family home
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pays a condolence visit to the family of Alex Lobanov, one of the six hostages who were murdered by Hamas late last week shortly before their bodies were found and brought back to Israel.
But while Alex’s parents Oksana and Gregory meet the premier in their home in Ashkelon, two days after the funeral, the dead captive’s widow Michal refuses to meet Netanyahu or speak to him on the phone.
Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Alex’s parents two days ago and issued a rare apology over their son’s death.
“I want to tell you how sorry I am, and I ask for your forgiveness for not succeeding in bringing Sasha home alive,” he told Oksana and Gregory, using their son’s shortened name, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Times of Israel Community.