Crowds in Habima Square: "Continuing the war could lead to the deaths of hostages, soldiers and innocent people"

Many demonstrators, including signatories and initiators of letters from reservists calling for the release of kidnapped soldiers, even at the cost of stopping the war, came to protest in Tel Aviv. • Families of reservists are anxious: the fear of a knock on the door, the fear of a phone call from a confidential number, an unbearable distress that never lets up. And what about the evasive workers? They receive benefits without any commitment to …

Families of the kidnapped also issued a statement this evening (Saturday) calling on Netanyahu to reach a deal to return them all. Einav Tsengauker, who has been waiting for her son Matan for 575 days, referred to the decision in last night's security debate that the army would be forced to call up tens of thousands more soldiers to the reserves - and said it was a "death sentence" for the kidnapped.