Relatives of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7th stormed the meeting of an Israeli parliamentary committee. Their demand was loud and clear.
Angry relatives of the hostages kidnapped in the Gaza war stormed a meeting of an Israeli parliamentary committee.
The twenty or so men and women in black T-shirts broke into the meeting room on Monday and demanded that the MPs make greater efforts to free their relatives from the violence of the radical Islamic Hamas. “They will not sit here while they die,” one poster read.
Coming to a head in Israel over the question of the best course of action
The chairman of the finance committee, Moshe Gafni from the ultra-Orthodox, tried to calm the protesters. “The liberation of prisoners is the most important commandment in Judaism,” he said. A deputy hid her face in her hands. The ushers did not intervene.
Hamas kidnapped 253 people during its attack on Israel on October 7th. Around 130 are still in the hands of the Islamists, and according to Israeli information, 27 have died in captivity. Attempts at mediation, particularly by the USA, Qatar and Egypt, have recently shown no progress. On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejected Hamas’s conditions, which included, among other things, the Islamists maintaining power in the Gaza Strip.
Deal between Hamas and Israel
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In Israel, the dispute over the best course of action in the conflict that has been going on for almost four months is coming to a head. Relatives of the hostages fear that war weariness could dilute the focus on freeing them.
Source: Stern
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