Hostage families are planning to protest at the US embassy, while Trump has announced plans to release 10 captives soon.

Tens of thousands of people are expected to join a rally in Tel Aviv on Saturday night, calling for the release of hostages held captive on the Gaza Strip. The event comes as US President Donald Trump believes a breakthrough in a partial deal that would see at least 10 living hostages released is coming “very shortly.” Family members of the hostages will march from their regular rally at Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square to the US embassy to demand a comprehensive deal.

The protests come amid ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal talks in Doha and following remarks by Trump Friday suggesting another 10 hostages will soon be released from Gaza. Israeli and Hamas negotiators have been discussing a US-backed proposal for a 60-day ceasefire that would see the release of 10 hostages and the remains of 18 slain captives. Subsequent negotiations would be held during the 60-day truce regarding the terms of the permanent ceasefire that is supposed to come into effect afterward. Once that permanent ceasefire is reached, the remaining 22 hostages will be freed, according to the terms of the deal under discussion.

Anti-government hostage families and activists will also protest a block away outside the Begin Road entrance to IDF headquarters. Protesters at the Begin gate typically accuse Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of extending the war in Gaza to appease his far-right coalition partners, facilitating Haredi draft evasion to appease his ultra-Orthodox coalition partners, and seeking to avoid accountability for his alleged failures around the Hamas onslaught.

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