Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Tuesday, November 19, that Israel was offering a bounty of five million dollars to anyone who would bring back a hostage held in Gaza.
“Anyone who brings a hostage back to us will find a safe way for them and their family to get out (of Gaza). We will also give a reward of five million dollars for each hostage,” Benjamin Netanyahu said in a video filmed inside the Gaza Strip, according to a statement from his office.
Wearing a military helmet and bulletproof vest, Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with his back to the sea in the Netzarim corridor, controlled by the Israeli army in the north of the Gaza Strip. “Anyone who dares to harm our hostages is considered dead. We will pursue you and we will catch you,” he said.
“We are not giving up”
Accompanied by his Defense Minister, Israel Katz, the Israeli Prime Minister reaffirmed that one of the objectives of the war is that “Hamas does not govern in Gaza.” “We are also making efforts to locate the hostages and bring them back. We are not giving up. We will continue to do so until we have found them all: the living and the dead,” he added. .
Since the start of the war in Gaza, a single truce has emerged in November 2023 and allowed the release of more than 100 hostages, taken to Gaza during the Hamas attack on Israeli soil on October 7, 2023, in exchange for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.