Israeli police dispersed a demonstration in front of the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv on Wednesday evening, demanding a prisoner exchange deal with Hamas.

Before they were dispersed, hundreds of families of Israeli prisoners demanded that decision-makers in Israel be pressured to move forward towards a deal to release their relatives, who are prisoners in the Gaza Strip.

The police justified the dispersal of the demonstration by reporting a suspicious person in the area.

The demonstration came after Hamas announced in a statement today that it was postponing reaching a ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, due to Israel setting new conditions related to withdrawal, prisoners, and the return of displaced persons.

Earlier on Wednesday, Israeli sources called on the government to make decisions regarding the negotiations.

Prisoner exchange negotiations have faltered more than once due to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's insistence on maintaining control over the Philadelphi Corridor on the Gaza-Egypt border and the Rafah land crossing.

Netanyahu also insists on keeping his forces in the Netzarim corridor, which lies in the middle between the north and south of the Gaza Strip.

For its part, Hamas insists on a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Strip and a complete cessation of war.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with American support, has been waging a genocide on Gaza, resulting in more than 153,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded - most of them children and women - and more than 11,000 missing, amid massive destruction and famine that has decimated children and the elderly, in one of the worst humanitarian disasters in the world.