Israeli hostage families urge Netanyahu, Hamas to reach Gaza deal

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An Israeli group representing families of Gaza hostages has called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas to secure an agreement for the release of captives after new truce talks were announced, AFP reports.

“We demand the Israeli prime minister grant the negotiating team full authority to secure this deal. Time is running out for the hostages,” said the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, adding: “We urgently call on world leaders to exert maximum pressure on Hamas to accept this deal and end a humanitarian catastrophe that has already claimed too many innocent lives.”

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