Israel’s prime minister says that no concessions will be made until after all 48 remaining hostages are returned
Israel has agreed to President Donald Trump’s plan to end the war in Gaza, but will not begin implementing the plan or moving forward with concessions required under the deal until after all 48 of the remaining hostages held in the Gaza Strip are returned, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said over the weekend.
On Sunday, Netanyahu addressed a gathering of the Heroes Forum, a lobby group representing families of victims murdered during the October 7th invasion, as well as relatives of fallen IDF soldiers slain in the line of duty in Gaza since October 7th.
During his address to the Heroes Forum, which has taken a more hawkish position than the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, Netanyahu said that Israel had agreed to the Trump plan on the condition that Hamas release all of the hostages before Israel moves to implement any of the other clauses of the agreement.