While Israeli Hostages in Gaza Are Forgotten, Media Fixate On Palestinian Prisoners in Israeli Jails | Honest Reporting

In his first address to the nation since assuming office on June 30, Prime Minister Yair Lapid raised the plight of Israelis being held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip. “We won’t be quiet and won’t rest until our sons are returned: Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul of blessed memory, Avera Mengistu and Hisham al-Sayed,” said Lapid, echoing the inaugural speech of his predecessor Naftali Bennett. The now-deputy PM last year had called the return of the two Israeli captives and the remains of two IDF soldiers a “sacred duty.”