The Hostages and Missing Families Forum said the six captives whose bodies were retrieved from Gaza would be alive had Netanyahu’s government signed a ceasefire deal with Hamas, Al Jazeera reports.

“For 11 months, the Israeli government led by Netanyahu has failed to do what a government is expected to do — return its sons and daughters home. A deal for the return of the hostages has been on the table for over two months,” the group said in a post on X.

“If it weren’t for the saboteurs, the excuses, and the spin, the hostages whose deaths we learned of this morning would probably be alive.”

The group added: “Netanyahu: enough of the excuses. Enough of the spin. Enough of the abandonment. The time has come to bring our hostages home — those living for rehabilitation and the fallen and murdered for burial in their land.”