Israel Hundreds protest near Netanyahu's house
At demonstrations in several parts of Israel, thousands of people have called for an agreement on the release of the Israeli hostages still being held by the Islamist Hamas in the Gaza Strip. Protests with several hundred participants also took place near the home of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a few hours after the funeral of a hostage who had been killed. "Your decisions lead to her death", Israeli media quoted from the speech of a man whose brother is still being held in the Gaza Strip.
02.09.2024, 19:45
02.09.2024, 19:46
SDA
Earlier, US President Joe Biden had described Netanyahu's efforts to reach an agreement to free the hostages as insufficient. In a statement released in the evening, relatives of the hostages praised Biden's efforts to reach an agreement for the release of the hostages and called on Netanyahu to show similar determination. "The people of Israel will not allow the almost eleven months of neglect of the hostages to continue," it said. "Every day could be their last, as the killing of the six hostages in recent days has shown."
The Israeli army announced on Sunday morning that it had discovered the bodies of six hostages in an underground tunnel in the south of the Gaza Strip. According to media reports, the Israeli health ministry said the hostages had been shot at close range some 48 to 72 hours before the autopsy.
