The Hostage and Missing Persons Families Forum on Monday (2) praised US President Joe Biden’s comment that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to secure the release of hostages held by Hamas.
“The Hostage Families Forum commends President Biden and his administration for their actions and determination to secure the release of all 101 hostages. We call on Prime Minister Netanyahu to demonstrate the same resilience, determination and commitment to the lives of the hostages,” a spokesperson for the Forum said in a statement.
“If we needed more proof that Netanyahu is preventing the return of the hostages, we got it from the US president,” the spokesman said.
The Forum also condemned Netanyahu’s comments that Israeli forces should remain in the Philadelphia Corridor during the first phase of a potential hostage deal and ceasefire.
The Philadelphia Corridor is a 14-kilometer strip of land located along the Gaza border with Egypt that the Israeli military currently controls.
The presence of Israeli troops along the Corridor has been a major point of contention in ceasefire and hostage negotiations with Hamas.
Israel has demanded control of the border zone in the first phase of the deal, while Hamas says Israeli troops must leave.
The bodies of six hostages held by Hamas were recovered from an underground tunnel in Gaza over the weekend, the Israeli military said.
Almost the entire population of Gaza has been displaced amid the new Israeli offensive
This content was originally published in Hostage families praise Biden’s comment on Netanyahu on the CNN Brasil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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