Simultaneously, the families of the hostages held their own Shabbat reception outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem. Demonstrators advocating for an immediate hostage deal held a Shabbat reception on Tel Aviv's main highway on Friday,

Relatives of Israeli hostages held in Gaza took to the streets for a third day, urging the government to accept a new deal with Hamas before it was too late.

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, which organized the "Israel on Hold” protests, said that over a million people took part in the demonstrations across the country on Sunday. Per the organization, almost 500,000 protesters gathered in Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square.