Families of Gaza hostages push for comprehensive prisoner exchange in meeting with Netanyahu

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with representatives of families whose loved ones are being held captive in Gaza and pledged to exhaust every possibility to bring about their return. The families urged Netanyahu to agree to an "everyone for everyone" prisoner exchange with Hamas, trading Palestinians incarcerated in Israel for the hundreds abducted from Israel earlier this month. Hamas's leader in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, stated that the group was ready for an immediate prisoner swap. Vigils and memorials were held across Israel in support of the families, with many calling for a prisoner exchange. Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and has been carrying out intensive strikes in Gaza, while Netanyahu stressed that freeing the hostages was a chief goal of the war.