Time is running out for the hostages.
That is the message both those released from captivity in the Gaza Strip and their families have been giving to Israeli leaders with growing urgency in the days after the cease-fire with Hamas expired and a stream of hostages stopped returning home.
On Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and others in the Israeli war cabinet met with families of those being held by Hamas, which abducted some 240 people when it attacked Israel on Oct. 7. They were joined by some of the freed hostages. The meeting was contentious.
Afterward, the families released an account that included what they described as direct quotes from the freed hostages about conditions of those still in captivity.
“They don’t have another second, their lives are in danger there in the Hamas tunnels,” one said.
“They touch our girls,” said another.
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