US EditionNetanyahu States Wrong Number of Hostage in Shapiro Interview, Forum Demands Answers
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Netanyahu again misstates number of hostages in Gaza captivity, saying 46 instead of 48
Israeli hostage families slammed Netanyahu's error, which they warned erases lives with words – exposing the strain between Israel's war messaging and the anguish of families nearing two years without answers. '48. Not 40. Not 46. All of them, now,' the families said in a statement
At first he said 40, then 46, while the figures speak of 48 - Reactions from the Hostages and Missing Persons Forum on the Israeli Prime Minister's mistake in an interview, on the second anniversary of the Hamas attack
In an interview with Ben Shapiro's podcast, Netanyahu tried to correct himself regarding the number of abductees - but even after the correction, he did not mention that 48 abductees are being held captive. He said that Israel is "close to the end of the war, but not there yet." The headquarters of the families of the abductees: "They were all abducted on your watch - you have a chance to end this nightmare"
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