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Phil Gordon said Netanyahu’s conditions made the hostage deal impossible for another six months
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Avi Gil said some hostages could have been saved. Phil Gordon said Benjamin Netanyahu added so many of his own conditions, against the advice of his security chiefs, that the hostage deal became impossible for another six months. Phil Gordon said nearly 9,000 more Palestinians were killed during the six-month delay, and more Israeli hostages died, including six whom Hamas executed in August.
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Avi Gil said some hostages could have been saved.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said Benjamin Netanyahu added so many of his own conditions, against the advice of his security chiefs, that the hostage deal became impossible for another six months.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said nearly 9,000 more Palestinians were killed during the six-month delay.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said more Israeli hostages died during the six-month delay, including six hostages whom Hamas executed in August.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said Benjamin Netanyahu called for Israel to retain forces along Gaza’s entire border with Egypt as a condition of the deal.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said Benjamin Netanyahu’s proposed new screening mechanism for Gazans returning north would have required Israeli troops to remain in central Gaza.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said both new conditions were dropped in the deal concluded in January 2025.
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Phil Gordon states: Phil Gordon said that on July 4, 2024, Joe Biden called Benjamin Netanyahu to press him to conclude the hostage deal after Hamas accepted the basic framework and dropped its demand for a commitment to a permanent ceasefire before any hostages were released.
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