Knesset security on Wednesday prevented the mother of an Israeli soldier held captive in the Gaza Strip from entering the parliament building, sparking sharp criticism.

Tel Aviv is holding more than 10,300 Palestinians in its prisons, and estimates that there are 100 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, while Hamas announced the killing of dozens of them in random Israeli raids.

"This morning I planned to come to the Knesset to present to the blindfolded (criticizing the members of parliament) the Health Ministry report explaining the hell that Matan (her son) and the other kidnapped people are living in," said Einav Tsingokar, the soldier's mother.

She added via the X platform: "Unfortunately, Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana, who is in the service of (Prime Minister Benjamin) Netanyahu, decided to silence me... The coalition members (government parties) are trying to silence the families of the kidnapped."

As of 10:15 GMT, the Knesset has not issued a statement on this matter.

The opposition and the families of Israeli prisoners accuse Netanyahu of obstructing an agreement to preserve his position, as extremist ministers, including National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, threaten to leave the government and bring it down if it accepts an end to the genocide in Gaza.

With American support, Israel has been committing genocide in Gaza since October 7, 2023, leaving about 154,000 Palestinian martyrs and wounded, most of them children and women, and more than 11,000 missing, amid massive destruction and deadly famine.

Opposition leader and Yesh Atid party leader Yair Lapid, via X, described the Knesset's decision to bar Tsingokar from entering as "miserable and humiliating."

"The Knesset Speaker, government ministers and coalition MKs must listen with humility to what (Tsingokar) has to say and return her son to her, and not treat her like a gang of cowards," Lapid said.

MK Meir Cohen of the Yesh Atid party wrote on Twitter: "The decision to prevent Einav Tsinghaukar from entering the Knesset must be immediately rescinded. I have approached the Knesset Speaker with a request to address the issue."

Meanwhile, MK Gilad Kariv from the opposition Democratic Alliance described the ban decision as “another shameful chapter in the history of the Knesset,” calling for “the Knesset to dissolve itself.”

"There is no more appropriate way for this Knesset and its leadership to begin 2025 than to block the entry of Einav Tsinghakar," Kariv said via X.

He added, "The government is preventing the conclusion of a prisoner exchange deal, and the Knesset is preventing the entry of members of the families of the kidnapped."

Since the prisoner exchange within the only ceasefire in late November 2023, Netanyahu has hinted from time to time at progress in indirect negotiations, then he has gone on a rampage against the Palestinians.

For more than a year, Hamas has affirmed its readiness to conclude an agreement, and even announced its approval in May 2024 of a proposal put forward by US President Joe Biden.

However, Netanyahu backed down from the proposal by putting forward new conditions, most notably the continuation of the genocide and the failure to withdraw the army from Gaza, while Hamas insists on a complete cessation of the war and a complete withdrawal of the Israeli army.

Israel continues its massacres, ignoring two arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court on November 21 against Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Galant, for committing war crimes and crimes against humanity against the Palestinians.

For decades, Israel has occupied lands in Palestine, Syria and Lebanon, and refuses to withdraw from them and establish an independent Palestinian state, with East Jerusalem as its capital, on the borders before the 1967 war.