Tens of thousands of Israelis stage largest protest since war began as pressure on Netanyahu mounts

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu​ has vowed to destroy Hamas and bring all the hostages home, yet those goals have been elusive.

Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged central Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government protest since the country went to war in October. Protesters urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas militants and to hold early elections.

'To go to elections now will just push to the side the most burning issue, which is to return the hostages home.' 'No victory without going into Rafah' In his Sunday address, Netanyahu also repeated his vow for a military ground offensive in Rafah, the southern Gaza city where more than half of territory's population of 2.3 million now shelters after fleeing fighting elsewhere. 'There is no victory without going into Rafah,' he said, adding that U.S.

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