‘This guy torpedoed everything in one speech:’ Source familiar with hostage talks said to bemoan PM’s presser
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a press conference in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
A source familiar with the ongoing hostage release-ceasefire deal negotiations believes that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu torpedoed their efforts with his press conference on Monday night, CNN reports.
According to the report, negotiators had continued work on the ceasefire proposal even in the aftermath of the IDF extraction of the bodies of six hostages from Gaza, who had been executed by Hamas terrorists just days before troops found them.
However, after Netanyahu doubled down on his demand for Israel to remain in control of the Philadelphi Corridor during a press conference on Tuesday night, an unnamed source familiar with the negotiations tells CNN, “this guy torpedoed everything in one speech.”
