families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting in the israeli parliament, the knesset. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. earlier i spoke to our middle east correspondent mark lowen who is in jerusalem. he gave us a sense of the pressure benjamin netanyahu is coming under from hostage families. pretty significant p
divisions in israel over the war in gaza have been highlighted in the country s parliament, the knesset. families of israeli hostages who are still being held in gaza have broken through security and stormed a finance meeting. they were protesting that the finance committee was sitting, deliberating, while their children were still in captivity. shouting shame on you and demanding that committee members get up and act the families called for the government to do more, to secure the release of their loved ones. the protest highlights growing domestic dissent in israel, about the war with hamas, that s now in its fourth month. it comes as palestinians in southern gaza say the israeli bombardment is the most intense they ve experienced since the war began. the gaza health ministry says that 190 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. live now tojerusalem, and our middle east correspondent mark lowen. let s begin with the events in the knesset and the pressure
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