Last Wednesday, February 14, the Israeli government refused to send its negotiating team back to Cairo. Discussions which could allow an exchange between Israeli hostages and Palestinian detainees are stalling.

In Israel, the families of hostages expressed their concern and anger this Saturday evening, February 17, in Tel Aviv. “ Hatzilu ” in Hebrew, “ help ’ in French. This cry of distress was echoed by the hostage families in Israel, one after the other, sometimes to the point of breaking their voices.