
What did the father of murdered Hamas hostage Omar Neutra say to Trump?
The father of slain American hostage Omar Neutra met with President Trump early Monday and told him about the continuing nightmare of those still waiting for the remains of their slain loved ones.
“It’s one of the worst days for us in the last two years,” Ronen Neutra told The Post, but he still doesn’t know when his 21-year-old son’s body will be returned.
Neutra and other families met with Trump early Monday — before his meeting A resounding, well-received speech To the Israeli Parliament – to share the joy and constant torture while waiting for news.
Neutra said the families “thanked the president for everything he did and for the fact that he ended this war,” saying it was “amazing” to see the living hostages finally return home.
“But we also reminded him that the matter will not be over until the 28 dead hostages are released,” he added, with only four of them expected to return on Monday.
“It’s a constant horror for the families,” said the father, a native of Plainview, Long Island. “The 28 families like ours are sitting on the Knesset benches listening to glorious speeches, not knowing when we will get our son.”
“Will it be today, in two hours, in one week, or never? It is very difficult to be in this position,” he said.
“And it is not over. There are 28 families suffering, and this is our problem. We only hope that the celebration of victory will not be until the last hostage returns.”
The group representing the families of the hostages said that the relatives of the dead “felt shocked and horrified when they learned that only 4 dead hostages out of 28 hostages held by Hamas would be returned today.”
“This represents a blatant violation of the agreement by Hamas,” the Forum for Hostages and Families of Missing Persons wrote on the X website.
The statement continued: “We expect the Israeli government and the mediators to take immediate action to correct this gross injustice,” and the group also reiterated that it “will not abandon any hostage.”
The father of fellow Israeli-American hostage Itai Chen also described the pain caused by Monday’s events, without knowing whether his son would return or even whether he was alive or dead.
Although the IDF told Robbie Chen that his 19-year-old son was killed in the October 7 attacks, they were unable to provide conclusive proof, meaning he was still hoping for a miracle.
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“President Trump reiterated his commitment to the remaining 28 hostages, including the two American citizens,” Brooklyn-born Chen told The Washington Post, describing his previous meeting with the president on Monday.
“My family is still waiting and very anxious to get an update on if and when our son will be released,” he said.
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