'Bring hostages back': Massive protest in Tel Aviv over Netanyahu's war response

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Thousands of protesters joined a demonstration in Tel Aviv organised by families of some 240 hostages being held in the Gaza Strip..

Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv demanding immediate release of hostages..

The attacks by Gaza's ruling Islamist movement Hamas took the Israeli military and political establishment by surprise and killed more than 1,400 people, most of them civilians, with 240 more taken hostage, according to the army...

In retaliation, Israel has vowed to destroy Hamas and has mounted a devastating air, ground and sea bombardment followed by a ground invasion of Gaza, where the hostages are believed to be held...

In Israel's commercial hub Tel Aviv, several thousand protesters took to the streets on Saturday evening, including relatives and friends of some of the hostages, chanting: "Bring them home now"...

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