Families of Americans held by Hamas in Gaza say if the Israeli prime minister doesn't announce a deal for the release of their loved ones in his address to Congress it'll 'be a total failure.'
Families of Americans held hostage by Hamas in Gaza say anything less than the announcement of a deal for their loved ones' release during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress Wednesday will “be a total failure.”
Months after President Joe Biden unveiled a three-phase hostage deal that would lead to a ceasefire, the deal has yet to cross the finish line. “The fantasy that there's some better deal coming, or that it may be possible to wait out this or that administration is no more, no less than a death sentence for the hostages who still might be alive, and for recovering the bodies of those who have already been murdered,” said Jonathan Dekel-Chen, father of American hostage Sagui Dekel-Chen.
“I will call my friends on both sides of the aisle that regardless who the American people choose as their next president, Israel remains America's indispensable and strong ally in the Middle East,” Netanyahu said. “It is bipartisan. It's not political. Everyone sees that, and we expect the prime minister to see that as well,” said Orna Neutra, the mother of Omer Neutra, after speaking to the RNC last week, seizing on the opportunity to share the hostage’s story with a wide audience.
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