MILWAUKEE—Ronen Neutra sat next to his wife Orna, a piece of tape on his dark blazer with the number 285 written in black marker—the number of days his son has been a Hamas hostage in the Gaza Strip.
For nearly 300 days, Omer Neutra, an Israeli-American citizen, has likely not received the “basic humanitarian needs that any human being deserves,” the hostage’s father said during a press conference Wednesday at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
“We’re not sure if our son even got medical attention or anything,” Neutra said, adding, “In fact, we’re not even sure our son is alive.”
The Neutras are attending the GOP convention to share their son’s story and advocate his release as well as the release of all the hostages held by Hamas, the terrorist organization that killed about 1,200 people inside Israel on Oct. 7, taking…
