The families of the hostages still in the hands of Hamas They have held an effusive protest in front of the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, almost a month after the militant group entered a festival held near the border with the Gaza Strip and took more than 240 people hostage.

The continuous bombings on the Gaza Strip have already killed more than 6,000 people in the region, while endangering the hostages kidnapped by Hamas. However, this Friday the Israeli Prime Minister once again refused to cease fire before Anthony Blinken: “We continue (the offensive) with all our forces and Israel refuses a temporary truce that does not include the release of our hostages,” he said. Netanyahu after a meeting with the senior American president.

This same Friday, the Pentagon claimed to be carrying out unmanned drone flights over the Gaza Strip to help Israel free these 241 hostages. Blinken also assured that the United States will do “everything possible” to rescue the kidnapped, and advocated for a temporary ceasefire to guarantee their safety, as well as the evacuation of wounded Palestinians and the sending of more humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.

“When it comes to the protection of civilians, who are caught in the crossfire created by Hamas, everything must be done to protect them,” he insisted, in line with the UN position, the European Union, Canada and Arab countries in the Middle East.