Hundreds of Israelis have marched silently through the streets of Tel Aviv carrying 27 mock coffins to represent the 27 prisoners whose bodies have been recovered by the Israeli military in Gaza.
Hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets in recent days, calling for a prisoners-release deal and saying time is running out to bring home the captives alive.
Israeli prisoners’ families have accused Netanyahu of blocking a ceasefire and sacrificing their loved ones’ lives for the sake of “achieving all the goals,” they said in a raged public statements.
Gil Dickmann, the cousin of Carmel Gat, one of six captives whose bodies were recovered last weekend, said that Benjamin Netanyahu, the prime minister, sentenced Carmel, my cousin, to death – her and all the hostages.”
“She was abandoned to her death by the government. [It] could have brought her back. Three hundred twenty-seven days she was there in Gaza in captivity. There were 327 opportunities to bring her back, and every single one was missed.”
Netanyahu has been accused of setting roadblocks in the ceasefire talks.
According to several US officials who spoke to the New York Times, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is stalling and “seeking to run out the clock until the American election” to secure a deal over captives in Gaza, believing that a Trump victory could reduce pressure to make concessions.
US officials claim they aim to finalize a proposal for the deal by Wednesday or Thursday, with key disagreements over the number of prisoners to be exchanged and the terms of Israel’s withdrawal from the Gaza-Egypt border.
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