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Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities for an agreement to release 115 hostages held by the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, the newspaper Haaretz reported on Saturday evening. A speaker at the rally, whose uncle was abducted to the Gaza Strip, said, “The military pressure on Hamas will lead to more hostages dying.” The mother of another abductee called out to the crowd, “This is our last chance to reach a deal that saves lives.” Further protests took place in Jerusalem, Haifa, Beersheba and Caesarea in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private vil…

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