Families of Israeli Hostages Demand Government Approve Cease-Fire Deal
Thousands of Israeli protesters have gathered in Tel Aviv to demand their government agree to a U.S.-backed cease-fire deal with Hamas to free the remaining hostages in Gaza.
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00:00The families of Israeli hostages are demanding their government accept a ceasefire deal to free remaining captives in Gaza.
00:08Hundreds of protesters gathered in Tel Aviv, calling for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to approve the latest U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal.
00:18U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says mediators will keep working to get Israel and Hamas to agree to end the war.
00:27Over 37,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the conflict started, according to health authorities there.
00:35An estimated 120 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, though around 40 of them are believed to be dead.
00:46I hope that for this time we won't be disappointed like last time and the time before that.
00:52We already had like six or seven cycles of hope and despair and hope and despair.
00:57But what can we do? We are clinging on to any hope there is.