Highway blocking; The families of the hostages ask Netanyahu for just one thing PHOTO

Dozens of people held a banner that read: "Leaving hostages is a war crime," The Times of Israel reports, adding that the crowd lit yellow smoke bombs while blocking the highway.

They are demanding that Netanyahu stop jeopardizing the deal and send a team to Doha to negotiate a second phase of the truce, which will see the remaining hostages released all at once.

Hamas announced yesterday that it will delay the release of the Israeli hostages, scheduled for Saturday, because, it claims, Israel has violated the terms of the ceasefire agreement.

The Israeli delegation returned from Doha, where negotiations on the next phase of the truce in the Gaza Strip were held over the weekend, the spokesman of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced yesterday, without specifying the details of the negotiations.

Israel and Hamas reached a truce in mid-January after more than a year of conflict, the Guardian reminds.

The first phase of the truce, out of the planned three, involves the cessation of fire, the release of some prisoners, the withdrawal of Israeli forces from Gaza and the return of Palestinians to the north of Gaza, along with an influx of humanitarian aid.

The second phase envisages a 42-day ceasefire.

In the third phase, Hamas will return the bodies of the dead hostages from Gaza to Israel, Israel will release more prisoners, and a five-year reconstruction plan should begin.