Thousands demand Israeli government reach hostage release deal with Hamas

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During the weekly protests against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, relatives of hostages and their supporters said the moment to sit down and negotiate a deal was long overdue.

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00:00Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Tel Aviv to demand the Israeli

00:06government sign a deal to release the hostages still being held in Gaza.

00:11Relatives of the hostages said the moment to sit down and negotiate a deal was long

00:15overdue.

00:16Hamas released 17 hostages in exchange for 39 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons during

00:23a temporary truce in November last year.

00:26About 100 hostages remain in captivity in Gaza, but Israeli authorities estimate at

00:30least 30 of them are dead.

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