Gaza hostage deal could have been secured a year earlier, Israeli general says

Gaza hostage deal could have been secured a year earlier, Israeli general says Israeli Reserve Major General Nitzan Alon, the former government point person on hostage negotiations, has said Israeli hostages in Gaza could have been brought home up to a year earlier, before they were released in late 2025. “Political and personal considerations” got in the way, Alon said during a conversation hosted by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy on Friday. Alon has accused the government several times over the pas