{
  "id": 11641468,
  "title": "Ex-IDF hostage chief: All captives could have been freed a year earlier",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/03/ex-idf-hostage-chief-all-captives-could-have-been-freed-a-year-earlier",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-03T08:14:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-10-03/ty-article/.premium/ex-idf-hostage-chief-says-gaza-war-could-have-ended-a-year-sooner/000001a0-ffae-d36a-a5be-ffee74300000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Major General (res.) Nitzan Alon, who was tasked with coordinating efforts to secure the hostages' return, said prolonging the Gaza war cost lives and that protests for the hostages gave him 'the strength to carry on'",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}