Hostages be damned, Netanyahu out to expand the war | Faraz Ahmad

With barely a fortnight to go for the first anniversary of the Palestinian daredevilry of entering South Israel and whisking away hundreds of Zionists on their motorcycles, it is amply clear that securing the safe release of more than a hundred hostages, still in Hamas captivity, is not a priority of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Contrary to that, the latest surreptitious