India, Aug. 24 -- Rallies across Israel attended by thousands of people are calling on the Benjamin Netanyahu government to make a deal with Hamas and bring the hostages held in Gaza home.

Rallies happened on Saturday in Tel Aviv's Hostage Square and in cities across the country, calling for a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage rescue deal with Hamas, Times of Israel reported.

According to the report, thousands more gathered for a separate Jewish-Arab anti-war protest.

"There is a deal on the table. But deals do not last forever; their windows close fast and hard, as we have seen too many times before. This may be the last chance to save lives and to bring the fallen back," the report quoted Liran Berman as saying. Berman's younger brothe...