Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets families of people taken hostage in Gaza Strip

Tel Aviv: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Tel Aviv with the families of people taken hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accompanied by his wife, met with 20 families of hostages,” Hostage Families Forum spokesman Liat Bel Sommer said in a statement. The family told the Prime Minister that these meetings with him and the members of the War Cabinet were important for them. He said that the release of hostages is now becoming difficult and PM Netanyahu should do something about it. At the same time, the statement further said, “The families urged Netanyahu that he should reach an agreement as soon as possible for the immediate release of the hostages.”