Hostage Families Say It’s Time for a Deal to Free Their Loved Ones From Hamas

Relatives of two hostages say that with the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, Hamas is no longer a real threat and it’s time to negotiate a hostage deal.

(L-R) Hostage Itay Chen with brothers Roy and Alon and his father Ruby and mother Hagit, in an undated photo taken in Italy. Courtesy of Ruby Chen

The families of Israel’s hostages say that with the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, now is the time for Israel to negotiate a deal and bring home the hostages still being held by Hamas.

Sinwar, mastermind of Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, attack on Israel that started the current war, was killed on Oct. 16 in the Tel Sultan neighborhood of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, close to the Egyptian border.