Eitan Horn's father sharply attacked the Prime Minister and called on him to meet "without spin": "If your children were kidnapped, would they also languish in the tunnels for 700 days?" Einav Tsengauker: The Prime Minister chooses to kill his citizens on his political altar - and will blow up everything that leads to the end of the war. Tal Haimi's uncle:"He defended the country - which you did not fight for"

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Itzik Horn, the father of the kidnapped Eitan Horn who has been held captive by Hamas for 708 days, called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a"crazy person" this afternoon (Saturday) for his decision to attack senior Hamas leaders in Doha, adding that the cabinet is a"bunch of lunatics" who "decided to do everything in their power to bring about the death of my son," as he put it. According to Horn, who spoke at the statement of the families of the kidnapped at Shaar Begin,"Those who want to bring the kidnapped back home do not blow up the Hamas negotiating team, while they are discussing the release of my son and the rest of the kidnapped and the kidnapped woman."

Eitan's father to the Prime Minister: "Would your children have languished in the tunnels for 700 days?" (Photo: Dana Kopel)

The father added: "Since October 7, a cursed day blamed on the murderer from Gaza, Sinwar, we have been going through 708 cursed days because of Benjamin Netanyahu who repeatedly refuses to go to a comprehensive agreement and end the war. Netanyahu, you have abandoned and also killed. There is an option for a comprehensive agreement, ending the war, returning all the kidnapped and beginning rehabilitation and recovery, but Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has forgotten what it means to be an Israeli."

He added: "He abandoned basic values and chose to lead us to hell. History will judge him as someone who turned his back on his people. Only the power of the people will bring the kidnapped back home. Only the amazing public will succeed in ending the war and returning Bnei Eitan and all the other kidnapped men and women home."

Horn called on Netanyahu to meet him,"without communication and without spin," as he put it - and to answer one question: "If your children were among the kidnapped, would they also have languished in the tunnels for 700 days?"

Einav Tsengauker, the mother of Matan, who was kidnapped in Gaza, said in a statement:"This week we witnessed the Prime Minister's magnificent failure, when he took a gamble on the lives of the kidnapped and tried to eliminate the Hamas negotiating team, while they were discussing a deal to release my son. President Trump said yesterday that every time there is progress in the negotiations, Netanyahu bombs someone. But he did not try to bomb the leaders of Hamas, but the chance for us, the families, to get our loved ones back."

Tsengauker: "Netanyahu is sacrificing the kidnapped" (Photo: Dana Kopel)

According to her,"If he had listened to the head of the Mossad, the head of the intelligence service, the chief of staff and the negotiating team, he could have avoided this failure and not blown up the deal. But Netanyahu will blow up everything that leads to the end of the war, including the hostages themselves. Netanyahu has already tried to blow up Matan Shelli. The prime minister chooses to kill his own citizens on his political altar. I appeal to the people - Netanyahu is sacrificing the hostages. Only one thing will make him bring about a comprehensive agreement - public pressure."

Zamir Chaimi, the uncle of the kidnapped Tal, also spoke, saying,"My nephew went out to fight and defend Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak, his family, the community members, and Israel. Like him, many others went out to fight for our lives in the country, but the government did not fight and is not fighting for them. The government decided to abandon the kidnapped alive to their deaths, and the bodies of the fallen to disappear forever. Our Tal also deserves a proper burial in Israel, and we need to go out to fight for him just as he fought for us. Public pressure is the only tool that will bring about a full agreement and an end to the war. Any other path will endanger the soldiers and the kidnapped."

Yesterday, against the backdrop of the attack in Doha, families of hostages and survivors of captivity called for an urgent and immediate meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu. The headquarters of the hostage families said that"While leaders around the world are opening their doors to the families of the hostages, the Prime Minister of Israel is leaving his door closed to the families of the hostages and to any proposed deal for their release. In light of the recent moves that have torpedoed a comprehensive agreement, the families are turning to Netanyahu: If you have time for a round of toasts - you also have time to meet with us!"

It is still unclear what happened to the senior officials who were attacked in Doha, according to Hamas, while they were discussing US President Donald Trump's proposal for a comprehensive deal in which the 48 hostages - both living and dead - would be released, and then negotiations on a ceasefire would begin. Hamas claimed yesterday, without publishing any documentation, that the head of the organization's negotiating team, Khalil al-Hayya, survived the bombing and held a prayer at the grave of his son who was killed in the attack. Add a comment