Netanyahu Meeting Hostage Families in US

Stand for Israel | July 23, 2024

Woman walking with an Israeli flag wrapped around her as she walks by fliers of people who are missing during the Israeli war. — (Photo: Gili Yaari/Flash90)

The Times of Israel reports that Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu met with hostage families in Washington, D.C., ahead of his speech to Congress on Wednesday, saying that hostage deal conditions were “ripening:”

Meeting with them in the US capital ahead of a speech to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday, the premier credited the intense military pressure Israel was exerting on Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

“We are determined to get them all back. The conditions to get them back are ripening,” he said, “for the simple reason that we are applying very, very strong pressure, very strong, on Hamas.

“We are seeing a certain change and I think that this change will continue to get bigger. And we intend to do it — this is a war objective,” added Netanyahu.