00:30Mandatory credit: Sharon Ben Porath (@sha_b_p)
Dozens of demonstrators, including families of hostages held by Hamas, gathered outside the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to demand the safe return of their loved ones as Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken inside the building.
Footage shows protesters holding US and Israeli flags as they chanted 'Bring them home now' while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as, 'Biden, only you can save them'.
Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday, the visit comes as the White House aims to prevent the Gaza war from growing into a regional conflict amid rising tensions with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the north, as well as with Iran and its proxies across the Middle East.
The US Secretary of State is also scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the full Israeli War Cabinet and have a face-to-face meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
The visit marks Blinken’s fifth to Israel since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 according to Israeli officials.
Israel declared war on the group and a 'complete siege' of Gaza, with a large-scale campaign of air strikes which Palestinian officials reported had killed over 1,500 people in the first week - and many thousands more since. A ground incursion began at the end of the third, with Israeli leaders vowing to 'wipe out' Hamas.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that Hamas locations and infrastructure were targeted in the response. However, United Nations experts warned against 'collective punishment' for the people of Gaza, before predicting a 'humanitarian crisis' and then claimed that 'hell is settling in' for the region.
Protesters gather outside Tel Aviv hotel as Blinken meets with Israel’s Herzog
Dozens of demonstrators, including families of hostages held by Hamas, gathered outside the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to demand the safe return of their loved ones as Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken inside the building.
Footage shows protesters holding US and Israeli flags as they chanted 'Bring them home now' while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as, 'Biden, only you can save them'.
Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday, the visit comes as the White House aims to prevent the Gaza war from growing into a regional conflict amid rising tensions with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the north, as well as with Iran and its proxies across the Middle East.
The US Secretary of State is also scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the full Israeli War Cabinet and have a face-to-face meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
The visit marks Blinken’s fifth to Israel since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 according to Israeli officials.
Israel declared war on the group and a 'complete siege' of Gaza, with a large-scale campaign of air strikes which Palestinian officials reported had killed over 1,500 people in the first week - and many thousands more since. A ground incursion began at the end of the third, with Israeli leaders vowing to 'wipe out' Hamas.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that Hamas locations and infrastructure were targeted in the response. However, United Nations experts warned against 'collective punishment' for the people of Gaza, before predicting a 'humanitarian crisis' and then claimed that 'hell is settling in' for the region.
Mandatory credit: Sharon Ben Porath (@sha_b_p)
Dozens of demonstrators, including families of hostages held by Hamas, gathered outside the David Kempinski Hotel in Tel Aviv on Tuesday to demand the safe return of their loved ones as Israeli President Isaac Herzog met with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken inside the building.
Footage shows protesters holding US and Israeli flags as they chanted 'Bring them home now' while holding banners and placards bearing slogans such as, 'Biden, only you can save them'.
Blinken arrived in Israel on Monday, the visit comes as the White House aims to prevent the Gaza war from growing into a regional conflict amid rising tensions with Lebanon’s Hezbollah in the north, as well as with Iran and its proxies across the Middle East.
The US Secretary of State is also scheduled to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the full Israeli War Cabinet and have a face-to-face meeting with Israeli Defence Minister Yoav Gallant.
The visit marks Blinken’s fifth to Israel since Palestinian militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, killing around 1,200 people, mostly civilians, and kidnapping over 200 according to Israeli officials.
Israel declared war on the group and a 'complete siege' of Gaza, with a large-scale campaign of air strikes which Palestinian officials reported had killed over 1,500 people in the first week - and many thousands more since. A ground incursion began at the end of the third, with Israeli leaders vowing to 'wipe out' Hamas.
The Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) claimed that Hamas locations and infrastructure were targeted in the response. However, United Nations experts warned against 'collective punishment' for the people of Gaza, before predicting a 'humanitarian crisis' and then claimed that 'hell is settling in' for the region.