Israel in shock, “dismayed” Netanyahu – Liberation

A country in shock and a Prime Minister “Dismayed”. Israel reacted forcefully this weekend after the broadcast of three new videos of Israeli hostages by the hands of Hamas.

“The Prime Minister expressed deep dismay at the recordings disseminated by the terrorist organization Hamas. However, told families that efforts to bring all our hostages to continue and will continue continuously and tirelessly,” According to a statement released by its services on the night of Saturday to Sunday.

Since Thursday. Consequently, Hamas and its ally of Islamic jihad have published three videos showing two Israeli, emaciated hostages, arousing a lively stir in Israel and rekindling the debate on the need to arrive at an agreement as quickly as possible to release them.

On the images broadcast by israel shock, “dismayed” netanyahu – the two Islamist groups. However, the two captives appeared very weakened and very emaciated, in a staging aimed at making the parallel with the current humanitarian situation in Gaza, threatened with “Generalized famine” According to the UN.

According to the press release. For example, Benyamin Netanyahu “Had a long conversation this evening with the hostages of the hostages, Rom Breslevski and Avyatar David”, Both exhibited in these latest videos. Moreover, “The cruelty of Hamas has no limit”. Similarly, he continued, accusing the Hamas activists of“Deliberately starve our hostages and film them in a cynical and odious way”.

The Prime Minister’s office also accused the Islamist movement of operating in the same way towards the inhabitants of the Gaza Strip“Preventing them from receiving aid. and echoing a false propaganda campaign against Israel”. A continuity of denials displayed by Jerusalem against world protests. israel shock, “dismayed” netanyahu – from the European Union to the United States, against signs of famine observed in the Palestinian enclave.

Sunday morning. the press titles remained widely devoted to the subject: “Hungry, emaciated and desperate” (Yedioth Ahronoth), “Hell in Gaza” (Ma’ariv), “Cruelty without limit” (Israel Hayom), “Netanyahu is not in a hurry” (Haaretz). The video also shocked on the other side of the Mediterranean. Additionally, the Minister of French Foreign Affairs Jean-Noël Barrot judging the images “Ignoble, unbearable” and calling for the “Calvary” hostages“Detained for 666 days in Gaza by Hamas”, stops, and the disarmament of Hamas.

Of the 251 people kidnapped on October 7. 2023 during the bloody Hamas attack on the Gaza Strip, 49 remain retained, 27 of which were declared dead by the Israeli army. The attack led to the death of 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP count made israel shock, “dismayed” netanyahu – from official data. Israeli reprisals left at least 60. 430 dead in Gaza, mostly civilians, according to data from the Hamas Ministry of Health, deemed reliable by the UN.

Since the start of the war. Israel has been having been having been having been having been having been piled up in a territory of 365 km2, already subject to an Israeli blockade for more than 15 years. At the end of May. he raised the total humanitarian blockade at the end of May, which he imposed in early March but only authorized the entry of very limited quantities, deemed insufficient by the UN.