Netanyahu asks 'forgiveness' over hostage deaths as protests continue

Benjamin Netanyahu has asked for "forgiveness" from Israelis for failing to instrumentality six hostages recovered dormant successful Gaza connected Saturday, arsenic Hamas warned much could beryllium "returned to their families successful shrouds" if a ceasefire isn't reached.

His comments came arsenic aggravated thoroughfare protests implicit his handling of negotiations entered a 2nd nighttime successful Israel.

Pressure besides mounted internationally arsenic the UK suspended immoderate arms income to Israel, citing a hazard of instrumentality being utilized to interruption planetary law.

But Israel's premier curate struck a defiant tone, insisting its troops indispensable power Gaza's Philadelphi corridor - a strategically important portion of onshore which is simply a sticking constituent successful negotiations with Hamas.

Thousands of Israelis took to the streets connected Monday successful caller protests called by hostages' families to explicit their choler astatine Mr Netanyahu's nonaccomplishment to bring location their loved ones aft astir 11 months.

The Times of Israel reported that constabulary were utilizing sizeable aggression astatine 1 protestation extracurricular the premier minister’s location successful Jerusalem, including violently pushing protesters, throwing immoderate to the ground, and dragging galore away.

One subordinate of the constabulary squeezed the pharynx of a Times of Israel reporter, according to the newspaper.

The latest demonstrations travel aft hundreds of thousands of radical took to the streets successful protests crossed the state connected Sunday, with immoderate demonstrators blocking a large road successful Tel Aviv. Many wore Israeli flags and hung yellowish ribbons - a awesome of solidarity with the hostages - from a span overlooking the Ayalon Highway.

A full of 97 hostages stay unaccounted for aft being kidnapped by Hamas connected 7 October past year.

Hamas said connected Monday that hostages would beryllium returned "inside coffins" if subject unit from Israel continues and added that "new instructions" person been fixed to militants guarding captives if they are approached by Israeli troops.

"Netanyahu's insistence to escaped prisoners done subject pressure, alternatively of sealing a woody means they volition beryllium returned to their families successful shrouds. Their families indispensable take whether they privation them dormant oregon alive," a spokesperson for the radical said, without elaborating connected what caller orders had been issued.

Earlier connected Monday, Israel's biggest commercialized national said hundreds of thousands of radical had joined a wide onslaught called to enactment unit connected the authorities to hold a Gaza ceasefire and hostage merchandise woody with Hamas.

Despite this, Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion airdrome reported constricted disruption and galore restaurants and hospitality services operated arsenic normal. Far-right Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich boasted that Israelis had gone to enactment “in droves” and proved that they were nary longer slaves to “political needs”.

Elsewhere, US President Joe Biden said Mr Netanyahu was not doing capable to unafraid a hostage deal and ceasefire with Hamas, amid reports suggesting a caller connection would beryllium sent to the Israeli premier curate arsenic "final".

Many impeach Mr Netanyahu of blocking a woody to prioritise his ain governmental endurance - a assertion helium rejects.

Mr Netanyahu's far-right allies person threatened to propulsion retired of the conjugation government, undermining his chances of staying successful power, if helium were to judge a woody tied to a imperishable ceasefire earlier Hamas was destroyed.

US, Egyptian and Qatari mediators are trying to broker a ceasefire woody that would spot Hamas merchandise the 97 hostages inactive being held, including 33 who are presumed dead, successful speech for Palestinian prisoners successful Israeli jails.

UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy said connected Monday that the UK had suspended 30 retired of 350 arms export licences to Israel, citing a "clear risk" the instrumentality could beryllium utilized to perpetrate superior violations of planetary law.

The affected instrumentality includes parts for combatant jets, helicopters and drones.

Mr Lammy said the UK continued to enactment Israel's close to support itself, and this did not magnitude to an arms embargo.

Israel's Defence Minister Yoav Gallant posted connected X, to accidental helium was "deeply disheartened" by the move, portion Foreign Minister Israel Katz said it sent a "very problematic message" to Hamas and Iran.

Meanwhile, ceremonial services for immoderate of the hostages killed connected Saturday person been held.

The parent of Hersh Goldberg-Polin - 1 of the hostages whose assemblage was recovered by Israel connected Saturday - spoke astatine his ceremonial and said she had been successful "such torment and worry" astir him for months.

Rachel Goldberg-Polin said it had been a "stunning honour" to beryllium her son’s mother. Around the clip of his kidnap, Hersh sent 2 texts to his family, writing: "I emotion you guys,” and "I’m sorry".

Mourners lined the streets successful Jerusalem and Israel's President Isaac Herzog spoke to relatives astatine the funeral.

The warfare successful the portion began aft Hamas breached the Gaza border, killed 1,200 Israelis and abducted 251 connected 7 October.

Israel has since killed much than 40,000 Palestinians successful retaliatory attacks, according to the Hamas-run Gaza wellness ministry.