Relatives of the hostages burst into a meeting Knset (Israeli Parliament) in protests for more than 100 days of imprisonment of their loved ones at the hands of Hamas in the Gaza Strip and others demand an immediate agreement.
“All other matters can wait. But the hostages have no more time«, the Forum of Relatives of Hostages and Missing Persons explained in a statement, justifying the protest after they had sent a letter to the Knesset secretariat the day before «imploring them not to deal with anything that is not related to the return of the hostages. «
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Face to face with the martyrs of Hamas: «Death is just another step on our path»
Face to face with the martyrs of Hamas: «Death is just another step on our path»
Having received no response, some relatives broke the security cordon and entered a meeting of the finance cabinet, according to local media.
On Sunday they called the same relatives a campsite in front of the prime minister’s residence Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, where new protests are expected this evening, preceded by massive demonstrations in several cities across the country.
The prime minister met with some relatives, to whom he assured that «there is no real proposal from Hamas», reads a note from his office. The meeting took place after it emerged on Sunday that Qatar and Egypt are trying to promote new negotiations that they would contemplate a ceasefire and the withdrawal of Israeli troops from Gaza, in exchange for the release of all hostages within 90 days.
The 90-day plan proposed a lasting ceasefire during which Hamas would release all civilian hostages, while Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners, withdraw from Gaza cities, allow freedom of movement in the enclave, ceased the use of drones and doubled the amount of firearms. aid is permitted.
In a second phase, Hamas would release the female soldiers and the bodies of the prisoners and Israel would release more prisoners, while in the third phase Israel would withdraw its troops to the Gaza border and the Islamic group would finish freeing all the hostage soldiers and men. of fighting age.
The brutal attack by Islamists caused more than 1,200 deaths and approximately 240 abductees, including 105 released during the first and only truce with Hamas in November, in exchange for the release of 240 Palestinian prisoners.
An estimated 136 people are still detained.yes, but at least 27 of them will already be deadaccording to Israeli intelligence information.
