Hostages’ families block Tel Aviv-Jerusalem highway, demand PM not jeopardize release deal

Families of the hostages and their supporters are blocking the Route 1 highway from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, demanding that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not jeopardize the hostage release deal.

Dozens of people hold up a sign reading “Abandoning the hostages is a war crime” and set off yellow flares as they block the road near the Hemed intersection.

In a statement ahead of the cabinet meeting set for this evening, they demand that Netanyahu “stop undermining the agreement and send a [negotiating] team to Doha that has a full mandate to negotiate the second phase, that will lead to the release of all the remaining hostages in one go.”

לקראת כינוס הקבינט: מפגינים ומשפחות חטופים חוסמים את כביש 1 לכיוון ירושלים בקריאה למימוש שלב ב' בעסקה@yaelsharet_ pic.twitter.com/UpEkcuzwGk

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