Hostage relatives storm parliamentary committee session
A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, stormed a parliamentary committee session in Jerusalem on Monday, demanding that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones.
The action by about 20 people signalled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of the Gaza war against Hamas.
Some 130 Israelis remain in captivity after others were released after Hamas and Israel agreed upon a truce in November 2023.
US, Qatari and Egyptian efforts to mediate another release seem far from reconciling Israel’s drive to destroy Hamas and the latter’s demand that Israel withdraw and free all of the thousands of Palestinians from its prisons.
