{"id":83023,"date":"2023-11-18T20:28:23","date_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.estaql.com\/israel-hamas-war-families-of-hostages-plead-for-help-from-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-world-news\/"},"modified":"2023-11-18T20:28:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-18T20:28:23","slug":"israel-hamas-war-families-of-hostages-plead-for-help-from-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-world-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/israel-hamas-war-families-of-hostages-plead-for-help-from-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-world-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<h2>Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News<\/h2>\n<p>Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/e3.365dm.com\/23\/11\/70x70\/skynews-jerusalem-israel-hostages_6364971.jpg?20231118195449\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/p>\n<div data-component-name=\"sdc-article-body\" data-highlight-intro=\"true\">\n<p>Israel&#8217;s beleaguered prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has bowed to pressure after a five-day march by families of hostages taken by Hamas and thousands of supporters.<\/p>\n<p>He has finally agreed to meet the families along with his war cabinet on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>A huge march set off from Tel Aviv on Tuesday, arriving in Jerusalem on Saturday, with thousands joining them on the way.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Follow live: Israel-Gaza latest<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Among them was Dr Guy Halfteck, who told Sky News it should never have been needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should not have required a march of 80km (50 miles) with people suffering and families suffering only to get a meeting with the prime minister,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Shelley Shemtov&#8217;s 21-year-old son Omer was taken by Hamas at the music festival near Gaza on 7 October. The last month and a half has been unbearable, she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s 43 days of nightmare. We don&#8217;t sleep, we don&#8217;t eat. I don&#8217;t know (if) my son (is) eating, if they are giving him food or if they are beating him. I know nothing. It&#8217;s a nightmare.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked if marching with thousands of others soothed her pain, she said: &#8220;Very much. It&#8217;s a power. They are giving us power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div><figcaption class=\"ui-media-caption\">\n        <span class=\"u-hide-visually\">Image:<\/span><br \/>\n        <span class=\"ui-media-caption__caption-text\">Marchers making their way through Jerusalem<br \/>\n        <\/span><br \/>\n      <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>They were here with a message for the Israeli government. Moran Mina, whose grandmother is being held, said there should be only one Israeli mission in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The message is that there will be victory,&#8221; she said. &#8220;We already lost. We have 240 people in Gaza. We need to bring them all back and this is our victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In a moment of haunting poignancy they released balloons, one for every hostage still missing. The mood was sombre, with a sense of deep sadness and pain. But also of determination that their voices are heard and their loved ones are not forgotten.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>:<br \/><strong>Hamas claims &#8216;at least 50 killed&#8217; in Israeli attack on Gaza school<\/strong><br \/><strong>Israel poised for &#8216;second phase&#8217; of war against Hamas<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"sdc-article-widget sdc-article-image\">\n<figure class=\"sdc-article-image__figure\">\n<div class=\"sdc-article-image__wrapper\" data-aspect-ratio=\"16\/9\"><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>The march, which ended outside Mr Netanyahu&#8217;s office, adds to the pressure on Israel&#8217;s beleaguered leader.<\/p>\n<p>Ariel Tishbi told Sky News the prime minister should take the hint and stand down: &#8220;Our prime minister doesn&#8217;t belong here. He lost his credit long ago and what happened in the last year is horrible and led to these events. No, I&#8217;m sorry, Mr Netanyahu should go home.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>By the end of the day, there was another huge rally in Tel Aviv, keeping up the pressure on the prime minister &#8211; pressure he seems to be bowing to, agreeing to the meeting with the families who will use it to press their case.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/israel-hamas-war-families-of-hostages-plead-for-help-from-prime-minister-benjamin-netanyahu-13011137\">\u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/lenkaed.com\" title=\"\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\" rel=\"dofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">\u0623\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News\" href=\"\/\">Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News Israel-Hamas war: Families of hostages plead for help from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu | World News Israel&#8217;s beleaguered prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has bowed to pressure after a five-day march by families of hostages taken by Hamas and thousands [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7678],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-estaql"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83023\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/estaql.com\/seo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}