Hostage families gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday calling on the Israeli government to end the Gaza war and bring all the hostages in one complete deal.

The families accused Netanyahu of hindering and sabotaging the negotiations for a hostage deal, citing the Israeli attack in Qatar on Tuesday, where Israel attempted to kill the political leaders of Hamas.

The strike risked derailing US-backed efforts to broker a truce in Gaza and end the nearly two-year-old conflict.

The attack was widely condemned in the Middle East and beyond as an act that could escalate tensions in a region already on edge.

Israel's assault on Gaza since October 2023 has killed over 64,000 people, according to Palestinian health officials, while internally displacing almost all Gaza's population, and set off a starvation crisis.

Multiple rights experts and scholars say Israel's military assault on Gaza amounts to genocide.

Israel has rejected that determination.

It launched its offensive in Gaza after an October 2023 attack by Hamas-led militants in which 1,200 people were killed and more than 250 taken hostage, according to Israeli tallies, of which 20 are believed to be alive. (Reuters)