Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 06:58am on 17 Dec 2023,Sunday International
As Israel's military offensive in Gaza continues, families of hostages held by Hamas issued an emotional plea for negotiations to free their loved ones. "We only receive dead bodies. We want you to stop the fight and start negotiations," said Noam Perry, daughter of captive Haim Perry, at a Tel Aviv event. The army admitted to "mistakenly" killing three hostages carrying a white flag. Ruby Chen, father of a captive soldier, fears "who will be next in line" under Israel's "Russian roulette" approach. With over 250 Israeli hostages and nearly 19,000 Gazans dead since October, families begged: "It's time to change this assumption" that continued assault will rescue prisoners.
