It has been 300 days of captivity for the 115 hostages still held in Gaza. Thousands of Israelis demonstrated to mark this date. And also to demand the finalization of an agreement that would allow their release. An eventuality that seems increasingly distant after the elimination of the head of the Hamas political bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, and the resurgence of tension in the Middle East.
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With our correspondent in Jerusalem, Michel Paul
” “Netanyahu! Don’t torpedo your own plan for the release of the hostages,” protesters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other cities chant Israel. “Stop everything and do one thing: bring back the 115 hostages. “We are not going to be here,” says Nissan Kalderon, the brother of Ofer, who was captured on October 7. Many protesters, such as Avner Shalev, say the events of the last few days are directly linked to the negotiation of an agreement that would allow the release of the hostages.
” Apparently, everything is calculated to disrupt the negotiations. As soon as they accepted our conditions and the Americans put pressure on them, Bibi eliminated the Hamas leader. That was exactly his intention. : to put spokes in the wheels, because he understood that he could no longer block the talks. »
David Agmon, a reserve general, knows the head of government well. For two years, he was the chief of staff of Benjamin Netanyahu. ” This is Netanyahu’s personal will. I can tell you this because he knows that the release of the hostages would be the end of him as head of state. And he wants to continue the war, the hostages. For the moment, we are doing nothing because the hostages are the most important thing! “300 days already and every day seems like an eternity,” proclaimed Noa Argamani, herself a former hostage.
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