Bombshell revelations in the newly released interview with Gallant. In April 2024, during Passover, Israel's War Cabinet unanimously agreed on a hostage deal framework with a target of releasing 33 hostages, with a minimum acceptable number of 18 hostages. This was meant to be highly confidential negotiating information. Within hours of this sensitive decision, Finance Minister Smotrich (who wasn't even part of the War Cabinet) somehow obtained this classified information about the minimum number (18 hostages). He then announced it in a general cabinet meeting, effectively making it public knowledge. According to Defense Minister Gallant's account, this leak directly damaged the negotiations. Once Hamas learned through Israeli media that Israel would accept as few as 18 hostages, they immediately lowered their offer from 33, ultimately leading to the deal's collapse. Leadership Failure: Instead of investigating this serious security breach, Netanyahu's reported response was to try to "change the mandate" for the negotiating team. This only changed when Gallant insisted on involving Benny Gantz and demanded a new War Cabinet vote. Long-term Consequences: According to Gallant, this sabotage had lasting effects. When a similar deal was finally possible in July, it came with much worse terms - requiring Israel to release 110 additional prisoners serving life sentences that weren't part of the original negotiations. The most outrageous aspect is that this appears to have been an intentional sabotage of the hostage negotiations. The security establishment and Washington believed that Netanyahu's own people may have leaked the information to Smotrich to deliberately torpedo the deal. This means that political considerations potentially took precedence over the lives of Israeli hostages. This revelation is particularly disturbing because it suggests that an opportunity to free hostages was lost months before October 7th, and the terms Israel eventually had to consider became significantly worse over time. The deliberate leak of classified negotiation parameters is not just a breach of security protocols - it's a direct betrayal of the hostages and their families. Netanyahu was more concerned with changing the negotiation mandate than investigating who leaked this crucial information. This raises serious questions about his priorities and leadership during this crisis. it also raises questions about whether he gave Smotrich the info. As we know, Netanyahu sabotaged a deal again in July and leaked information to cover it up to the foreign press. The truth is, if the hostages had been a priority to Netanyahu, they would have been home a long time ago.

Anyone paying attention has seen the condition of many Palestinian captives freed from Israeli prisons. Emaciated, abused, tortured, scabies & other skin rashes. The condition of these Palestinians held by the U.S.-backed Israeli govt. receive scant Western media coverage.

@AviMayer Zionists really are an unbelievable piece of work. Use food as a weapon then complain when hostages are thin.

In the first weeks of the first ceasefire Hamas called on the corrupt government of Israel to maintain a ceasefire to release some of the hostages that were sick (as the hospitals in Gaza were bombed by Israel). Israel refused, and in fact went on to bomb at least 25 of the hostages to death and to field execute at least 3 of the hostages to death. The little details you choose to not mention, are critical for your argument, Alonso.