Relatives of Israeli captives are speaking publicly ahead of a planned demonstration tonight in Tel Aviv as critics of the failure of Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to secure a truce deal continue to ramp up pressure, Al Jazeera reports.

“A week ago, we stood here and warned — for the sake of his own political survival — Netanyahu is willing to let the hostages be murdered in captivity,” said Zahiro Shahar Mor, a nephew of a captive held in Gaza.

Mor accused the prime minister of deliberately preventing an agreement with Hamas on the captives’ release.

“The blood of the murdered hostages is on Netanyahu’s hands. The lives could have been saved through any of the many deals he sabotaged. The lives of some of the hostages can still be saved. But Netanyahu is Mr Death,” Al Jazeera quoted Mor as saying.