‘The time to act is now’, families of Israeli hostages plead for a deal

In Israel, the relatives of people held hostage in Gaza since the October 7 attack longed for the return of their loved ones, with hundreds gathering in their name in Tel Aviv.”I want you to know that when Israel blows up deals, it does so on the heads of the hostages,” Arbel Yehud, who was freed from Gaza captivity in January, told a press conference in Tel Aviv.