The families of Israeli detainees in the Gaza Strip began a 24-hour march in Tel Aviv last night, Saturday, demanding that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu return them, after 100 days they spent in Hamas captivity.

Thousands flocked to what became known as “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv, a central square opposite the Israeli Ministry of Defense that served as a gathering point for activists, according to the Associated Press.

Hamas fighters had captured about 250 people during Operation “Al-Aqsa Flood” on October 7, in which Palestinian resistance fighters were able to penetrate the security barriers that the occupation surrounded the Gaza Strip.

More than 100 detainees were released in a prisoner exchange agreement during a temporary truce last November, and 132 detainees remain in Gaza, including the remains of about 24 detainees who died or were killed.

The Associated Press quoted Ronen Neutra, the father of Omar Neutra, a captured Israeli soldier: “We were here on the 50th day and we spoke on this platform. We will never talk again about 50 days. It is time to bring them back... They are being held in terrible conditions. They are starving, they are dying."

No significant progress has been made towards reaching a new agreement to release the prisoners, and their families are using the 100-day mark to make a new appeal to the Israeli government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu to prioritize their return.

Bringing medicines to prisoners

The office of the Israeli occupation Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, announced, the day before yesterday, Friday, that an agreement had been reached with the State of Qatar regarding the entry of medicines into the Gaza Strip, including medicines for Israeli prisoners, and he confirmed, in a statement, that “the head of the Israeli Mossad (David Barnea) ) Reached an agreement with the State of Qatar that would allow the entry of medicines to Israeli detainees in Gaza.

Yesterday, Saturday, Israeli Channel 12 said that the International Red Cross Committee would complete the transfer of medicines to Israeli prisoners held by Hamas in Gaza within the next 24 hours.

Meanwhile, the leader of the Hamas movement, Osama Hamdan, said in a press conference from the Lebanese capital, Beirut, on Saturday, that the movement is keen to treat the Israeli prisoners, but only with the available medicine that will reach the Gaza Strip, explaining that “the matter has two problems: that our people need medicine, and that the first is that, and the second is the security dimension and the sensitivity of the issue of prisoners.”

The humanitarian crisis in Gaza is worsening, with the continuation of Israeli attacks and massacres on the Strip, amid the scarcity of food, water, and fuel needed for the generators that supply hospitals and other facilities with energy. 

The government media office in Gaza said yesterday, Saturday, that the northern Strip needs 1,300 food trucks daily to get out of the hunger situation, noting that Israel killed 14 Palestinians who tried to obtain food.