With defiant statement, has Israel's Netanyahu sealed Gaza hostages' fate? - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

Analysis

Ben Caspit

Sep 3, 2024

Protesters attend a rally on the second day of demonstrations demanding a Gaza deal on September 2, 2024 in Tel Aviv, Israel. After the bodies of six Israeli kidnap victims were recovered from tunnels beneath Gaza at the weekend, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum supported protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv demanding that Netanyahu justies the delay in signing the ceasefire deal due to the addition of new conditions. (Photo by Amir Levy/Getty Images) — Protesters attend a rally on the second day of demonstrations demanding a hostag deal on Sept. 2, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel. — Amir Levy/Getty Images

Israeli hostages (clockwork from top-L) Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, Carmel Gat, Ori Danino, Eden Yerushalmi and Hersh Goldberg-Polin

Israel set for general strike after Gaza hostages found dead

Agence France-Presse

Protesters gather to demand a Gaza hostages deal on Sept. 1, 2024, in Tel Aviv, Israel.

With Netanyahu standing firm, US to present new Gaza cease-fire proposal

Elizabeth Hagedorn

Elizabeth Hagedorn

In Washington, DC, reporting on diplomacy, regional politics, human rights

Nira, the mother of Almog Sarusi, an Israeli hostage killed in Gaza, during the funeral of her son in Raanana

'The worst price': Israelis bury recovered Gaza hostages

Agence France-Presse

US President Joe Biden steps off Marine One in Washington, on Sept. 2, 2024.

Biden takes jab at Netanyahu over handling of hostage deal talks

Beatrice Farhat

Beatrice Farhat

In Beirut, reporting on regional news, culture, conflict