Relatives and supporters raise placards bearing messages and portraits of Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the 7 October attacks by Hamas in southern Israel, during a rally calling for their release, outside the PM's office in Jerusalem. A campaign group released footage of five female soldiers held hostage by Hamas.
"The footage reveals the violent, humiliating, and traumatising treatment the girls endured on the day of their abduction, their eyes filled with raw terror," the forum said as it released the footage to the media. Seven female soldiers were taken hostage and one has since been freed in an Israeli military operation, while the body of another was found and brought to Israel.
Hamas's unprecedented October attack resulted in the deaths of more than 1 170 people, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of Israeli official figures. Netanyahu vowed in a statement on Wednesday to continue fighting Hamas to"ensure what we have seen tonight never happens again".