Opposition leader Yair Lapid says to get the captives back, Israel should stop its attack on Gaza.
“If you want to eradicate Hamas, you must first take out the abductees. I already said in the Knesset and to the prime minister personally that there is full backing for any deal, no matter how painful it may be. And if the price is a cessation of hostilities, let that be the price,” GLZ Radio quoted Lapid as saying.
In a sign of the pressure Netanyahu faces at home, thousands of Israelis protested in Tel Aviv calling for new elections. Others demonstrated outside his house, joining families of the more than 100 remaining captives held in Gaza. They fear Israel’s military activity further endangers captives’ lives.End war to free captives, Israel’s opposition leader says
Opposition leader Yair Lapid says to get the captives back, Israel should stop its attack on Gaza.
Netanyahu is also under pressure to appease members of his right-wing ruling coalition by intensifying the war against Hamas while contending with calls for restraint from the US.
Multiple rallies demand deal to return all hostages, urge government to step down
Thousands in Tel Aviv, Caesarea and Jerusalem, including abductees’ relatives and freed captives, urge halt to fighting in exchange for freedom; separate rallies call for elections
LINK: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2024/1/21/israels-war-on-gaza-live-deadly-israeli-attacks-across-gaza
