Act coincides with a security office meeting that could address the resumption of negotiations for a truce in the Palestinian territory
Thousands of protesters went to the streets of, on Tuesday (26), to ask for the end of the war in and the release of hostages still in captivity, coinciding with a security office meeting that could address the resumption of negotiations for a truce in Palestinian territory. The meeting was announced on Monday night after Israeli attacks against Khan Yunis’s Nasser Hospital in the southern track, which caused five journalists, three of whom collaborated with Al Jazeera network and Reuters and AP news agencies. The Israeli army reported on Tuesday that the attack targeted “a camera placed by Hamas in the Nasser Hospital area, used to observe the activity of troops to direct terrorist activities against them.”
He added that in the attack, in which a total of 20 people lost their lives, six “terrorists.” None of the six names disclosed correspond to those of the dead journalists. According to Israeli media, the security office meeting could address the resumption of negotiations after the proposal of the mediators (Qatar, Egypt and the United States), accepted by. Qatar stated that it still “awaits” an Israeli response to a recent proposal from the mediators, which would include a truce accompanied by the release of hostages.
In the early hours of Tuesday, about 400 protesters blocked streets in Tel Aviv, where participants exhibited Israeli flags and hostage photos, according to AFP journalists. The Israeli press reported that other demonstrations were organized near the US Embassy headquarters in the city and in front of the homes of several ministers across the country.
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“We demand that our leaders feel at the negotiating table and do not rise until an agreement is reached,” Hagit Chen, father of a host of captive Hamas in Gaza. Yehuda Cohen, the father of another hostage, also asked to reach an agreement. “My son, Nimrod, must be released,” he said. At night, hundreds of people protested in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem as the cabinet meeting should be held.
In Tel Aviv, thousands of people participated in an act in solidarity with hostage families. “The most important thing now is that hostages come back as soon as possible because every minute counts,” said Carmel Madmon, 37. Of the 251 people kidnapped in October 2023 in Hamas’s unprecedented attack against Israel, which triggered the war in Gaza, 49 follow captives there, including at least 27 who would have died, according to the Israeli army.
Last week, Netanyahu ordered the celebration of immediate negotiations to ensure the release of Gaza’s hostages without citing the proposal of the mediators. According to Palestinian sources, the proposal provides for the gradual release of hostages during an initial ceasefire of 60 days, in exchange for the release of Palestinian prisoners in Israel.
At the same time, the prime minister approved a plan for the Israeli army to take the city of Gaza, the largest in Palestinian territory, generating fears for the safety of hostages and a new wave of protests that took thousands of people to the streets.
“A drop in the ocean”
The Netanyahu government faces pressure inside and outside Israel to end the campaign in Gaza, where the war caused a humanitarian crisis and devastated much of the Palestinian territory. The World Food Program (PMA) warned on Tuesday that the help Israel allows you to enter Gaza is insufficient in the face of hunger in the track. Carl Saku, PMA’s director of operations, told AFP that there was a “small increase” in the entry of help, with almost 100 daily trucks, but “it is still a drop in the ocean to serve about 2.1 million people”.
The day after the attack on Khan Yunis, both NGOs and world powers, including Israel’s convinced allies, expressed commotion. Netanyahu said he regretted what he called the “tragic accident.” On Tuesday, the UN asked Israel not only to investigate its deadly raids, but also “get results.” The war in Gaza has a tragic balance for journalists, with nearly 200 press professionals killed in 22 months of conflict, according to the journalists protection committee and the organization without borders.
The conflict began with Hamas’s attack to Israel on October 7, 2023, which killed 1,219 people, mostly civilians, according to a count -based count. The Israeli reprisal in Gaza killed at least 62,819 Palestinians, also civilians in most, according to data from the Ministry of Health of the territory ruled by Hamas, considered reliable by the UN.
*With information from AFP
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