[Salon] ‘Nothing can justify the obliteration of Gaza,’ says UN chief

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" ‘Nothing can justify the obliteration of Gaza,’ says UN chief."

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The mother of Metan Tsangauker, an Israeli captive held in Gaza, says the time has come for the prime minister to make a decision during a cabinet meeting tonight to discuss the war.

“A comprehensive agreement to return all 50 hostages without phases, without selection and the end of the war [is] long overdue, followed by closure for all the hostages’ families, bringing the fallen to a proper burial, and beginning the physical and emotional rehabilitation of the living hostages,” Einav Tsangauker wrote on X.

“Only a comprehensive agreement to return all the hostages and end the war will we be able to think about tomorrow. Bring them all back. All the hostages’ families are with you. The people are with you. I am with you.”

Demonstrators in Tel Aviv call for the release of Israeli captives [File: Jack Guez/AFP]