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Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a ceasefire and the safe return of hostages held in the Gaza Strip. Israelis have taken to the streets for a fourth day in a row following the recovery of six dead hostages from Gaza and after prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed making any "concessions" in stalled talks towards a hostage release deal. IMAGES
The United States calls for urgency and flexibility to finalize an agreement between Israel and Hamas for a truce in Gaza, after the recent deaths of six hostages. "There are dozens of hostages still remaining in Gaza, still waiting for a deal that will bring them home. It is time to finalize that deal," State Department spokesman Matthew Miller tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Israelis rally in Jerusalem to demand a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release deal one day after Israel announced its troops had recovered the bodies of six hostages in a Gaza tunnel. Pressure is mounting on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a major strike was held and US President Joe Biden said he was not doing enough to secure the release of Gaza hostages. IMAGES
US President Joe Biden says that protesters against Israel's war in Gaza who demonstrated outside the Democratic National Convention in Chicago "have a point." "A lot of innocent people are being killed, on both sides," Biden says in his farewell speech to the convention. SOUNDBITE
During a joint presser with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy, US President Joe Biden says that 'Hamas remains the biggest hang-up'. SOUNDBITE