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Israelis demand hostage deal six months on from Hamas attacks - BBC News Israelis demand hostage deal six months on from Hamas attacks - BBC News
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Sebastian Usher Lyse Doucet
Middle East analyst Chief international correspondent
It's the bleakest of milestones, with little sign that after six months, the war is likely to end any time soon. The
On the streets of Tel Aviv and other Israeli towns and cities on Saturday night, the anger and despair were palpable as tens of thousands once more demanded that their government do a deal to free the hostages. atrocities of 7 October shocked Israel to its
Their pleas were made more urgent by the discovery by Israeli commandos in Gaza of the body of one of the hostages, Elad Katzir. His sister blamed his death on the failure to reach a second ceasefire deal. core. Most still back their army’s operations with its stated aim to destroy
Talks are once again expected to resume today in Cairo - delegations from Hamas and Israel are due to attend, while high profile mediators, including the head of the CIA and Qatar's foreign minister, are there, too. Hamas. But six months on, this war is described as the deadliest, most
But the positions of both sides still seem far apart. destructive conflict in recent history.
Israel
says it only targets the gunmen who brought terror to Israel. But Gaza now
lies in ruin. Hamas has been weakened militarily, but not vanquished.
Israel’s
staunchest allies, including the US and the UK, are now using their toughest
language to call for an immediate ceasefire to protect civilians including aid
workers who are also being killed in record numbers.
This
longest Israel-Gaza war may be reaching a turning point. But Gazans reeling
from hunger and overwhelming loss still can’t see a way out. And Israel’s agony
over its hostages still held there is an open wound.
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