Former Captives Directorate Head Says Hostage Protests Gave Him Strength
Translated & summarized from Haaretz by baba
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- Hostage protests gave former Captives Directorate head Nitzan Alon strength.
- Alon believes a hostage deal could have happened a year earlier.
- This earlier deal would not have affected the war's outcome.
- Missed opportunity may have cost hostages their lives.
Nitzan Alon, the former head of the Captives and Missing Persons Directorate, stated on Friday that the protests demanding the return of hostages provided him with the "strength to continue the work." Speaking at a discussion hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, Alon asserted that a deal to release all hostages could have been reached a year earlier without impacting the war's outcome. He suggested that this missed opportunity might have led to the deaths of some hostages, adding, "The war was too long."
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