Middle East crisis live: US steps up criticism of Israel over Gaza conditions amid threat of possible sanctions

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State department says Israel is still not doing enough to meet certain requirements to avoid potential sanctions ahead of a looming 30-day deadline

A protest in Tel Aviv by relatives and friends of those still being held hostage in Gaza by Hamas has again blocked the southern Ayalon highway.

Haaretz quotes the protestors saying in a statement:

Netanyahu is sacrificing the lives of the 101 hostages in Gaza, who have been held there for nearly 400 days, and repeatedly endangering our security.

A government that conducts psychological warfare against its own people, while continuously forsaking them, has no mandate to continue a war. Only signing a hostage deal and ending the war in Gaza will bring everyone home.

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