Hostage families rally at army HQ in Tel Aviv: ‘Don’t allow Netanyahu to again torpedo a deal’

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas and their supporters rally outside the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling on the government to back an agreement for the return of their loved ones.

This week’s demonstration come after a report this morning that the Biden administration is rewording the latest hostage-for-ceasefire proposal in an effort to reach an agreement, days after the US described Hamas’s response to the Israeli offer as a rejection for the first time.

“What stands between us and our loved ones is [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s insistence not to end the war as part of a deal,” charges Ayala Metzger, daughter-in-law of murdered hostage Yoram Metzger.

“Don’ t allow Netanyahu to again torpedo a deal this time,” she adds in an appeal to security chiefs.