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The Guardian - UK
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Emine Sinmaz in Tel Aviv

‘Bring them back’: freed Israeli hostages plead with Netanyahu for deal

Released hostages Adina Moshe, right, with Aviva Siegel, make a direct appeal to Benjamin Netanyahu at an emotional press conference in Tel Aviv.
Released hostages Adina Moshe, right, with Aviva Siegel, make a direct appeal to Benjamin Netanyahu at an emotional press conference in Tel Aviv. Photograph: Susana Vera/Reuters

Moments after Benjamin Netanyahu publicly rejected the terms of a ceasefire in Gaza proposed by Hamas, five Israeli hostages who were freed in November pleaded with him to push for a deal.

“Everything is in your hands,” a tearful Adina Moshe, 72, said in a direct appeal to the Israeli prime minister at an emotional press conference in Tel Aviv. She said she feared the remaining hostages and their families would pay the price for Netanyahu’s pursuit of “absolute victory” over the militant group.

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