"I want the hostages released. There is a hostage release deal, it has been on the table since October 7th last year. Netanyahu has to sign this deal and then the rest will fall into place. But the hostage release deal which exists has to be signed today," said one of the protesters, Gal Sne.
One of the earliest proposals for a hostage release deal was put forward on October 12, 2023, five days after the initial Hamas attack. It called for the release of all women and children held by Hamas and other Palestinian militants in Gaza, in return for freeing all Palestinian women in Israeli prisons, according to Egyptian officials.
Halting ceasefire talks, mediated by the US, Egypt and Qatar, have stumbled along for weeks but Hamas says none of the hostages will be released until the Israeli military completely withdraws from Gaza. But Israel says it wants a permanent military presence both in the Philadelphi Corridor, a narrow buffer zone along the Gaza-Egypt border and in the region.
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