from Daily Sabah
A group of relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza stormed the Knesset Monday following reports of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rejecting a deal with Hamas.
The action by about 20 people signaled growing domestic dissent in the fourth month of Israel's war on Gaza as they demanded that the lawmakers do more to try to free their loved ones.
One woman held up pictures of three family members who were among the 253 people seized in the Oct. 7 Hamas incursion that triggered the ongoing conflict.
Some 130 remain in captivity after others were brought home in a November truce.
"Just one I'd like to get back alive, one out of three!" the woman protester cried after pushing into the Knesset Finance Committee discussion.
Other protesters held up signs reading: "You will not sit here while they die there."
"Release them now, now, now!" they chanted...
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