Netanyahu: I reject outright the terms of surrender/the government press office
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office today (Thursday) denied the claims of the abductees' family headquarters, according to which the leaks from the meeting came from the office or Netanyahu's associates.
It is further claimed that at the end of the meeting, a family that attended sent a message to an official in the Prime Minister's office that "proves" that one of the representatives is responsible for the leak.
"The girl next to me had a phone, it's a shame I didn't tip her off," the message reads.
Earlier today, the headquarters of the families of the abductees accused the Prime Minister's office of leaking the recordings, which were published yesterday on News 12. "All the conversations in the meetings with the Prime Minister are recorded by his office and his associates sitting in the meeting. The families participating in the meeting had their phones taken at the entrance," the headquarters said.
"The decision on whether to leak information concerning the transaction and its intermediaries is that of the Prime Minister's Office."
The message that "proves" the families of the abductees leaked the content of the meeting with Netanyahu/official website, screenshot
Prime Minister's meeting with the families of the abductees. Last week/Official website, spokeswoman for the Prime Minister
"The fact that the censors were given permission to publish the things is serious and indicates a loss of judgment, the cabinet's duty to prevent a crisis that would endanger the lives of the abductees", the families criticized the publication of the recordings.
"The choice not to exercise censorship and endanger the lives of the abductees after they had already been abandoned on October 7 - is a crime. We demand that the cabinet stop the madness and act responsibly to save the lives of 136 Israelis who were abandoned and kidnapped, and now an organized campaign is being conducted against them with one goal: to legitimize the abductees' promiscuity which are in the hands of the Hamas monsters."
Following those recordings, a crisis arose between Qatar and Israel - in the midst of negotiations for the release of the abductees.
The government in Doha last night strongly attacked Netanyahu for the criticism he voiced against Qatar in the meeting with the families.
"We strongly condemn the words of the Prime Minister of Israel, they are irresponsible and harm efforts to save innocent lives," said Qatar's Foreign Ministry spokesman Majid Al-Ansari.
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