Hawzah News Agency - The Hostage and Missing Families Forum says it is releasing the statement in response to the announcement by an “Israeli official” earlier this morning that the cabinet plan for operations that was approved last night includes the ''conquering of Gaza and holding territories''.
“The plan approved by the cabinet deserves the name ‘Smotrich-Netanyahu Plan’ for giving up on the captive and its abandonment of national and security resilience,” the forum said in a statement, referring to Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich.
Throughout the war, Smotrich and others on the far-right have urged using the war as an “opportunity to reestablish Israeli settlements in the Gaza Strip''.
“The government admitted this morning that it is choosing territory over captives, and this is against the will of over 70% of the people'', the forum said.
Polls have consistently shown that a large majority of the Israeli public favors a deal that would see all the captives held in Gaza released, “even if it means ending the war''.
Source: Israeli media
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