- Title: Hostages' families demand return to ceasefire after renewed attacks in Gaza
- Date: 18th March 2025
- Summary: JERUSALEM (MARCH 18, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOSTAGES' RELATIVES HOLDING POSTERS OF HOSTAGES DURING PRESS BRIEFING IN FRONT OF KNESSET (SOUNDBITE) (English) DAUGHTER OF HOSTAGE KILLED IN CAPTIVITY CHAIM PERI, NOAM PERI, SAYING: "Mr. Trump, my father Chaim Peri was kidnapped alive on October 7th and murdered in captivity. He could have come home to us. You have already s
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- Keywords: Chaim Peri Gaza Hamas Nadav Popplewell Netanyahu ceasefire hostages
- Location: JERUSALEM
- City: JERUSALEM
- Country: Jerusalem
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace,Military Conflicts
- Reuters ID: LVA001975518032025RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Relatives of hostages protesting in Jerusalem on Tuesday (March 18) demanded a return to ceasefire talks to secure their loved ones following Israel's resumption of attacks in Gaza.
The daughter of a hostage killed in captivity Chaim Peri, Noam Peri, urged U.S. President Donald Trump to intervene.
Israeli airstrikes pounded Gaza and killed more than 400 people, Palestinian health authorities said on Tuesday, ending weeks of relative calm after talks to secure a permanent ceasefire stalled.
Hamas, which still holds 59 of the 250 or so hostages Israel says the group seized in its October 7, 2023 attack, accused Israel of jeopardising efforts by mediators to negotiate a permanent deal to end the fighting, but the group made no threat of retaliation.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he ordered strikes because Hamas had rejected proposals to secure a ceasefire extension during faltering talks.
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Fox News interview that the administration of President Trump was consulted on Monday (March 17) by Israel on its deadly strikes in Gaza.
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