Ariane Ménage (correspondent in Israel) / Photo credit: ALEXI J. ROSENFELD / GETTY IMAGES EUROPE / GETTY IMAGES VIA AFP
After a rally this weekend in front of Benyamin Netanyahu’s offices, the families of the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip finally obtained a meeting with the Israeli Prime Minister. Europe 1 met them before the start of the meeting.
Esther Buchstab, photo of her missing son and daughter-in-law in hand, almost never leaves this esplanade, renamed Place des otages, which faces the Ministry of Defense. After a rally this weekend in front of the offices of the Israeli Prime Minister, the families of hostages, held in the Gaza Strip in the hands of Hamas, managed to obtain a meeting with Benyamin Netanyahu.
“I have no expectations”
A crucial meeting for Esther Buchstab. “It’s so that the government hears our despair, so that it understands that we must reach an agreement! That we can no longer delay this, time is running out,” she implores at the microphone of Europe 1 This Monday evening, she is awaiting clear answers from Benyamin Netanyahu while negotiations continue under the aegis of Qatar in particular.
“We know that the situation is very complex, but as families we need to get information, because it is too difficult to continue living,” adds Esther Buchstab. Dani Miran, father of a hostage, decided not to participate in the meeting. “I have no expectations. I know that no one will tell me anything about my son. It is only now that they realize that they need to meet us and talk to us?”, he denounces. A disappointment, which most loved ones struggle to hide after 45 days of war and captivity for Hamas hostages in Gaza.