Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s wife Sara has been overheard on a microphone saying that \u201cfewer\u201d than 24 hostages are still alive in Gaza, outraging hostages\u2019 families who demanded to know what the government knows about the fate of their loved ones <\/p>\n
\u201cWe have of course an important task, not only to win but also to bring home (the hostages),\u201d Netanyahu said at a meeting with Israeli holiday torchbearers on Monday. \u201cUntil today we have returned 196 of our hostages, 147 of whom were alive. There are\u2026 up to 24 living. Up to 24 living.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cFewer,\u201d Sara Netanyahu interrupted quietly, seated to her husband\u2019s right. <\/p>\n
\u201cI say up to,\u201d Netanyahu quickly responded. \u201cAnd the rest are, I\u2019m sorry to say, not alive. And we will return them.\u201d <\/p>\n
There are currently 59 hostages remaining in Gaza. Israel has publicly said in recent weeks that it believes up to 24 of those are still alive. The short exchange appears to be an indication that the Israeli government may have information that some of the 24 hostages have died. <\/p>\n
The group representing the hostages\u2019 families slammed Netanyahu and his wife. <\/p>\n
\u201cOn the eve of Memorial Day, you sowed indescribable panic in the hearts of the families of the hostages \u2013 families already living in agonizing uncertainty,\u201d the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement. \u201cIf there is intelligence or new information regarding the condition of our loved ones, we demand full disclosure.\u201d asking why the wife of the prime minister has sensitive information about their loved ones that they do not. <\/p>\n
\u201cIf the wife of the prime minister has new information about the kidnapped who were killed, I demand from her to know if my Matan is still alive, or if he was murdered in captivity because your husband refuses to finish the war,\u201d Einav Zangauker, the mother of one of the hostages, said on social media. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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