Hamas hostages: Negotiations fail because of terrorists and because of Netanyahu

With his threats, the Prime Minister of Israel is driving the people of Gaza, his allies and his country to despair. Netanyahu follows his own interests.

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In the hands of Hamas terrorists: kidnapped Israeli Shiri Bibas © Derek French/​SOPA Images/​imago images

You can see his deep pain in Yifat Zailer: With eyes half-open and voice shaking, Shiri Bibas's cousin speaks at a press conference on Tuesday, after the Israeli army released a video of the family that morning. It shows Shiri, in her 30s, and her red-haired children Ariel, four, and Kfir, one, being kidnapped by terrorists in Gaza. “We beg our own government and the world,” says Zailer. “Don't stop negotiating my family's release.”