Israeli PM 'has given hostages a death sentence'
Daily Mirror UK|September 04, 2024
Netanyahu 'sacrificing them for his own political survival, claims ex-negotiator
CHRIS HUGHES
Israeli PM 'has given hostages a death sentence'

A FORMER Israeli hostage negotiator claims that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sealed the fates of the remaining hostages held in Gaza.

Gershon Baskin, who played a key role in the 2011 release of kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit after five years of captivity, said: "Let it be clear that Netanyahu has sentenced the hostages to death."

Outspoken critic Baskin says Netanyahu's decision to keep Israeli troops in Gaza's notorious Philadelphi corridor, bordering Egypt, means Israel will occupy the strip for years.

This story is from the September 04, 2024 edition of Daily Mirror UK.

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