Protesters urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas militants and to hold early elections
Demonstrators in Jerusalem during a protest against the Israeli government on 31 March : Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets of Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest protest against the.
The country’s Prime Minister. Mr Netanyahu said in a nationally televised speech before undergoing hernia surgery later Sunday that he understood families’ pain. Mr Netanyahu has vowed that Israel’s military will not leave Gaza until it has destroyed Hamas and brought all hostages home.But attempts by international mediators to bring home the remaining hostages have failed. Talks resumed on Sunday with no signs that a breakthrough was imminent.
“We believe that no hostages will come back with this government because they’re busy putting sticks in the wheels of negotiations for the hostages,” said Boaz Atzili, whose cousin, Aviv Atlizi and his wife, Liat, were kidnapped on Oct. 7. Liat was released but Aviv was killed, and his body is in Gaza. “Netanyahu is only working in his private interests.”
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