(3 Nov 2024)
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Rishon LeZion, Israel – 03 November 2024
1. Exterior of Magistrate Court
2. Relatives of hostages held in Gaza and media inside court
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Professor Dana Pugach, head of the Hostages and Missing Families Forum legal team:
“We are supporting the request for the removal of the gag order today, because the families that we represent, families of the hostages, they’ve been subjected to so much – misinformation during that last year that we think that the first priority of the court today should be to remove any hurdles so that the families can get the real situation, the real information .”
4. Relatives of hostages held in Gaza and media inside court
5. Eyal Kalderon, whose cousin Ofer is held hostage in Gaza (wearing black t-shirt)
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eyal Kalderon, cousin of Ofer held hostage in Gaza:
“We’re fighting for almost 400 days, we want to know that the people that make decisions do it as well, that they are doing the right thing, the only thing that needs to bring them home, nothing else that won’t help to this goal“
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Eli Shtivi, father of Idan, who was killed and body held in Gaza:
“We came to demand and to know all the information concerning something that could describe to us some bits of information regarding the hostages, and if there is something that needs to be revealed we will insist on it . Of course, we trust the court to rule if this really can not be published because of security for the state of Israel, or matters that are sensitive to be published. “
8. Eli Shtivi and Eyal Kalderon
STORYLINE:
An Israeli court on Sunday was considering whether to lift a gag order on a case surrounding suspected leaks of classified information from an associate of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Critics say they were aimed at giving him political cover as Gaza cease-fire talks ground to a halt.
Netanyahu has denied any wrongdoing and says no one from his office has been arrested or is under investigation. He has downplayed the affair and publicly called for the gag order to be lifted.
Israeli media reports say the case concerns the leak of classified information to two European media outlets by an adviser who may not have been formally employed and did not have security clearance, without naming the individual.
The leaked documents are said to have formed the basis of a widely discredited article in the London-based Jewish Chronicle — which was later withdrawn — suggesting Hamas planned to spirit hostages out of Gaza through Egypt, and an article in Germany’s Bild newspaper that said Hamas was drawing out the talks as a form of psychological warfare on Israel.
The articles came out as Netanyahu was calling for lasting Israeli control over the Philadelphi corridor along the Gaza-Egypt border, a demand that was first made public over the summer.
The articles also seemed to provide political cover as Netanyahu faced intense criticism from families of the hostages and much of the Israeli public, who blame him for the failure to reach a deal.
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