Israeli PM Netanyahu offers $5m reward for captives freed from Gaza
Al Jazeera
Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu offers big cash reward and safe way out of war-torn Gaza as inducement to free Israeli captives.
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said $5m will be given as a reward for each captive released from Gaza and those that help free Israelis held by Hamas will be given a way out of the war-torn Palestinian territory.
Netanyahu announced the reward offer during a brief visit to Gaza on Tuesday where he was shown the Israeli military’s Netzarim Corridor – a key access road and buffer zone constructed by Israel’s army to dissect northern Gaza from the southern part.
“To those who want to leave this entanglement, I say: Whoever brings us a hostage, will find a safe way out for himself and his family. We will also give $5m for every hostage,” Netanyahu said during his brief visit to the Palestinian territory.
“The choice is yours but the result will be the same: We will bring them all back,” he said.
Israel estimates that 101 captives remain in Gaza, though around one-third of that number are now believed to have died.
