Father of Israeli captive accuses Netanyahu of abandoning hostages for political survival – Middle East Monitor

The father of an Israeli soldier held in Gaza accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday of abandoning the hostages in favor of prolonging the war for his political interests, Anadolu reports.

“We listened to Netanyahu’s words from the Hostages Square [in Tel Aviv], and we are deeply disappointed,” Hagai Angrest, father of soldier Matan, told Maariv daily.

“Across the world, everyone is saying that a ceasefire and the return of the hostages…