Zahiro Shahar Mor is a hostage family member who believes Netanyahu has betrayed hostages and their families. Zahiro tells Mehdi: “Ever since October 8th, everything they [the Israeli government] do is directed at not getting the hostages back,” and that Netanyahu’s government is actively “sabotaging their own initiatives” by rejecting deals that would have secured the release of all the hostages much earlier in the war.
Zahiro says the Israeli prime minister has created a situation that’s left more reason to fear for the safety of his 79-year-old uncle, Avraham Munder, while he remains captive in Gaza. Avraham was taken by Hamas on October 7th, along with his wife, daughter, and grandson, all of whom were released during a hostage deal between Hamas and Israel in November - with the exception of Avraham.
Betrayed by his own country’s officials, Zahiro says Israel’s government “is being taken hostage by the diehard, right-wing, extremist fundamentalists.”
