‘Why didn’t you act earlier?’ Israeli opposition leader asks PM

Israel’s main opposition leader Yair Lapid has challenged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his reaction to the physical conditions of the three released captives who looked frail. “Netanyahu, you just discovered that the situation of the hostages is dire? Didn’t you know that before?” Lapid said on X. “Because it was written in the intelligence documents that were placed on your desk in recent months. You saw these reports just like I did. What does it help them now that you ‘ordered to take action’? And if there are actions, why didn’t you order them earlier?” he added.