Netanyahu used a fake hostage relative during a meeting with Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

<snip>On Sunday he finally met a group of representatives from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, when suddenly a man who claimed to also be a relative of a hostage entered the meeting and started praising the prime minister and saying he trusted any decision he makes.

It has since emerged that the man is a far-right activist with ties to members of the Netanyahu family but no known ties to the hostages. The man's wife, meanwhile, had organized a counter-protest outside the Israel Defense Forces headquarters in Tel Aviv, opposite the families' vigil. Some of the protesters screamed abuse at the forum members.

Netanyahu is obviously petrified of the hostages' families and is fully aware of the political damage they could do to him. It may well affect his decision-making.<snip>

haaretz.com - Netanyahu is petrified of the hostages families it could impact his judgment