Israeli protests demand Gaza deal after IDF says 6 hostages killed

Israel’s military has recovered the bodies of six hostages it said Hamas had killed in Gaza, as protests take place against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Follow for live news updates.

Hundreds of Israelis joined the families of hostages held in Gaza in a protest outside the government’s cabinet meeting in Jerusalem on Sunday.  Demonstrators waved flags and pictures of the remaining hostages in Gaza, demanding a deal to bring them home immediately. Eden Kramer, who attended the rally with a toddler in a stroller, said she’s also demonstrating for the child’s future. Some protesters said the government is partly to blame for the deaths of six hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza this week. The Israeli military says Hamas killed the hostages. “Of course, I blame Hamas first but they (the government) also have responsibility for not doing what is necessary to do at the right time,” Uri Gat, a biology professor at Hebrew University told CNN, saying officials should have struck a hostage-ceasefire deal earlier. Another protester, Zohar Trifon, called on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign, saying he has done “so much damage” and that he should “give room for other, more beneficious politicians who feel for the people and for the country.”