Israel in talks over release of Gaza hostages, Netanyahu tells families

Israel is working to return all the hostages, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, adding that Qatar and Egypt have put forward two separate proposals to move the matter forward, Report informs referring to The Jerusalem Post.

“We are holding contacts at this very moment,” he told relatives of the hostages at the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv. “I cannot detail the status. We are working to return them all. This is our goal.”

Coordinator for the Hostages and Missing Brig.-Gen. (res.) Gal Hirsch and National Security Council Director Tzachi Hanegbi were also present.

Netanyahu spoke with the relatives before a meeting of the war cabinet.