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January 22, 2024

Families of Hamas Hostages Demand Israeli Lawmakers Do More to Free Their Loved Ones
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This all comes as Netanyahu faces more domestic pressure to bring home
the remaining 130 hostages held in Gaza. Earlier today, the Israeli
Knesset was suspended after families of hostages disrupted a committee
meeting, demanding lawmakers do more to free their loved ones.
Protesters also blocked entrances to the Knesset. On Saturday, friends
and relatives of Israeli hostages protested in Tel Aviv. This is Macabit
Mayea, whose nephews Ziv and Gali Berman are still being held in Gaza.

Macabit Mayea: "Stop the war. Stop the war. Take them out. Save them.
Then, after a while, there is no victory without them out. No victory.
Nothing."

On Saturday, hundreds of Israelis and Palestinians living in Israel came
together to take part in an antiwar rally in Haifa, the third-largest
city in Israel.


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