Speaking at the Yad Labanim memorial for fallen soldiers in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offers a message of unity: “We all have one home. We all have one country. We all have one fate. We all have one future.”
“We have a historic opportunity to renew our national independence,” says Netanyahu. “We will not receive another chance.”
As protesters shout from a distance, Netanyahu says that Israel’s soldiers are “laying down their lives to create the conditions for the return of our dear hostages, who are always, always at the front of our minds.”
Israeli negotiators are in Cairo in an attempt to hammer out a hostage release deal with Hamas, but significant gaps remain.
“Bringing them home is a holy mission,” says Netanyahu. “We will not let up.”
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