Netanyahu to reach a negotiated settlement.
“Netanyahu is preparing the greatest deception of all,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement Sunday. “The repeated claims of freeing hostages through military victory are a lie and a public fraud.”
The group also condemned Hamas, calling it “an evil terrorist organization” that has subjected innocent civilians to inhumane conditions for more than 660 days.
Although Hamas insists it is still open to hostage negotiations, sources told CNN last week that the group has stopped participating in talks until there are clear improvements in Gaza’s humanitarian situation.
According to polling by the Israel Democracy Institute during a ceasefire period in March, more than 70% of Israelis supported negotiating with Hamas to end the fighting and secure the release of the remaining hostages.