After six Israeli hostages were found shot dead in a Gaza tunnel over the weekend, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did something he hadn¡¯t done in 11 months of war ¡ª he apologized to the bereaved families.
¡°I want to tell you how sorry I am and ask for forgiveness for not being able to bring Sasha back alive,¡± he told the parents of Alexander Lobanov in the first of a series of such phone calls.
The gesture was among signs the discovery may prove to be a turning point in Israel¡¯s long-running conflict with Hamas, after several months of inconclusive cease-fire negotiations.
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