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Israeli Reserve Major General Nitzan Alon has stated that a deal to release Israeli hostages in Gaza could have been secured a year earlier. According to Alon, "political and personal considerations" hindered the release. He made these comments during a conversation hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.
Alon has previously accused the Israeli government of delaying or preventing the release of hostages. He believes that the hostages could have been brought home without impacting the outcome of the war. Alon has called for new, "realistic" Israeli leadership.
Alon's views are supported by a similar statement reported by the Times of India, where he argued that an earlier resolution to the Gaza war would have spared the lives of countless hostages and civilians. He criticized the approach of seeking total victory over Hamas before negotiations, calling it flawed.
Brief written by urgent.news from Haaretz, Middle East Eye, Times of India — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
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