Netanyahu Is Sabotaging Chances for a Hostage Deal, and Defense Chiefs Are Angry

Only 60 to 70 of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are believed to alive, but the talks are complex and have been stalled by the prime minister's dubious excuses

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Earlier this week, Benjamin Netanyahu compared the Hamas leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, to Haman from the Book of Esther. The prime minister promised that Sinwar would suffer the same fatal end as this biblical character who is derided by Jews at Purim time.

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