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Monday, February 10, 2025
‘What are you surprised about?’: Lapid says PM knew Gaza hostages were ‘in cages, starving skeletons’
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid slams Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after he boasts that he maximized the number of hostages released by Hamas and says that the terror group only agreed to negotiate and accept “the deal I brought” after significant military pressure.
“You just said here on the podium that you were shocked by the sight of the hostages who were released on Saturday,” Lapid says in his response to Netanyahu’s remarks.
“I just don’t understand why you were shocked, you knew that was their situation. The security establishment has said time and time again, that they are in cages, starving skeletons — you knew…
“You knew, the whole government knew, the whole cabinet knew,” Lapid continues.
He urges Netanyahu to come with him to Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to show that he cares and “did not decide to leave them there to die because of political considerations.”
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