Netanyahu’s insistence not to end fighting could kill captives: Israeli families

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The families of Israelis still held captive in Gaza are organising another large rally calling for the release of all captives and to express their opposition to the government’s approach, Al Jazeera reports.

Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan is being held in Gaza, said Netanyahu is only seeking a partial deal that does not end the fighting for the release of all captives — something that, he added, could spell a “death sentence” for them.

Speaking in Tel Aviv, where thousands of demonstrators are expected to gather in the coming hours, Zangauker said she learned that her son has “miraculously” survived Israeli military bombings in Gaza and almost suffocated to death from toxic gases in a tunnel that was bombed and collapsed.

“Matan and the other living hostages will not survive the continued military pressure.”

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