Demonstrations against the government and in favor of early elections are taking place in Tel Aviv, in Haifa, in front of the Prime Minister's residence in Caesarea, and in other places.
“Americans don’t like people being held against their will, certainly not other Americans, so it’s disappointing that there isn’t more conversation [about the hostages]", says Jon Polin.
Thursday morning, families of hostages and women's rights activists blocked Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv as well as other roads in Israel.
"I lost my home. I lost my freedom - the whole place that I [have] to go back. Our village - kibbutz - is destroyed," she said.
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Returning has been "closing my eyes and seeing my captors still in front of me. It's endless longing for my mother, my heroic brother, and friends I will never see again," she added.
Sullivan said US officials believe there remains an avenue to an agreement and that the next step will be for Qatari and Egyptian mediators to talk to Hamas
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