# Israeli general: Gaza captives could have been freed a year earlier

https://mins.news/en/item/84134

- Al Jazeera, 2026-10-02 21:15 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfeed/2026/10/2/israeli-general-gaza-captives-could-have-been-freed-a-year-earlier?traffic_source=rss

> Israeli Maj. Gen. Nitzan Alon said at a Washington Institute forum that all captives in Gaza could have been freed a year earlier without changing the war’s outcome. The former hostage negotiator also called for new, “realistic” Israeli leadership.

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