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Most recently, families of Israeli soldiers have urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop the military offensive on Gaza and to secure deal agreements with the captors. A letter, signed by around 800 families, was sent to Netanyahu, saying the continuing toll of the fighting is battering the morale and mental health of 800 families.

In their accusations against Netanyahu, the families said: “You have not prioritized the lives of the soldiers, the living and dead soldiers or the hostages, we accuse that you have left the hostages and soldiers behind, we demand with you an agreement to get them back and an end to the war.

The plea is a sign of the increasing domestic pressure that Netanyahu’s administration is facing to rethink how it conducts the war in Gaza, in a bid to reduce the toll on IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians.

The context has remained multi-faceted, with still-simmering debates within Israeli domestic politics regarding the most appropriate path forward in Gaza. The plea of the families is no small addition to the fray, bringing to the conversation a sense of the human damage of the conflict and the need for negotiation and peace.

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