Returning captives ‘not most important thing’ – Middle East Monitor

Far-right Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich drew fire from the families of captives held in Gaza yesterday after saying that the return of their relatives is not the most important thing for Israel, Anadolu reported.

“The families have no words this morning except shame,” the Hostage Families Forum said in a statement.

The families said that Smotrich’s comments indicate that the Israeli government has “deliberately decided to give up the…