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May 13, 2024

Families of Hamas Captives Protest Netanyahu's Handling of Hostage Crisis on Israeli Memorial Day
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In other news from Israel, protests against Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu and his war cabinet are continuing as Israel marks its first
Memorial Day since the October 7 attacks. Earlier today, relatives of
dead soldiers heckled Israel's far-right National Security Minister
Itamar Ben-Gvir as he spoke at a military cemetery. On Saturday,
relatives of hostages held in Gaza staged another protest in Tel Aviv.
Naama Weinberg is the cousin of Itay Svirsky, who reportedly died in
captivity.

Naama Weinberg: "It is because of Netanyahu that there is no hostage
release deal and there are no hostages being brought back home. He is
abandoning our families to their death for his own political interests.
Entering Rafah and expanding the operations there both hinder the
hostages release negotiation and put the hostages' lives in grave
danger. So long as Netanyahu is in power, the hostages will not return.
He does not want them to return."



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