Around 20 relatives of hostages who are or were in Gaza protested in Tel Aviv and blocked a road. The main sign read “There is no deal abandoned. There is abandonment.”
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Twenty relatives of the 105 hostages held by the Islamist group Hamas blocked the Ayalon highway in Tel Aviv on Tuesday with signs demanding an agreement from the Israeli government for the release of the hostages.
The main banner read “No deal abandoned. There is abandonment,” expressing what many Israelis think about the negotiations for the release of hostages and a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip led by the government of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Protesters also carried pictures of some of the six hostages whose lifeless bodies were recovered on August 20 from a tunnel in Khan Yunis in southern Gaza. all with bullet wounds.
On August 25, without any progress, it was New round of ceasefire talks in Gaza Strip concludes in Cairowith representatives of the mediating countries (Qatar, the United States and Egypt) and delegations from Israel and Hamas.
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However, White House Homeland Security spokesman John Kirby said Monday that There are working groups in Cairo continuing negotiations. and the mediators are now more focused on the details of the plan to cease the hostilities.
Netanyahu insists on permanently stationing troops in the Philadelphia corridor on Gaza’s southern border with Egypt and in the Netzarim corridor, which runs through the enclave. Hamas opposes these new demands and wants a complete withdrawal of troops and a definitive end to the war.
In an unrecognizable Gaza, More than 40,400 Palestinians were killed and around 93,500 were injured.According to Palestinian authorities, diseases are spreading due to overcrowding, lack of clean water and poor hygiene in the camps for displaced people.
Source: Observadora
