Families of US captives in Gaza ‘profoundly disappointed’ by Netanyahu speech

In a joint statement, the families of the eight US captives in Gaza said Netanyahu’s failure to guarantee in his speech to Congress that the captives would be coming home was “profoundly” disappointing.

The families said the Israeli leader had “failed to present any new solutions or a new path forward”.

Netanyahu has “failed to commit to the hostage deal that is now on the table even though Israel’s senior defence and intelligence officials have called on him to do so”, the families said.

They called on Netanyahu to get the deal done “before it is too late”.