Families of Israeli captives threaten to expose government's 'deception of the public'

Families of Israeli captives warned on Thursday that they would reveal what they called government 'deception of the public' unless urgent measures are taken to free all surviving captives as they penned an open letter to US President Donald Trump.

"We heard the prime ministers, the military, and the security establishment behind closed doors and saw how they told the public a completely different story," the families said, according to Haaretz.

They warned that unless the Israeli government acts immediately, they will reveal "everything that was said to us – all the broken promises, all the fateful decisions made based on political interests rather than human lives. We will not allow irresponsible leaders to continue lying and covering up their failures."

Addressing Trump directly, the families said: "You are the only person who can now intervene and put an end to this nightmare."