Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza protested in Tel Aviv on Thursday, calling on U.S. President Donald Trump to pressure Israel's government to agree a ceasefire deal and stop the war.

But the war between Israel and Iran, and the U.S.-brokered ceasefire that halted 12 days of fighting, have sparked fresh hope that his brothers, Gali and Ziv, may finally return home.

After twelve days of intense strikes between Israel and Iran – punctuated by the United States’ bombing of Iranian nuclear sites over the weekend and Tehran’s performative retaliation – a US-brokered ceasefire appeared to be holding on Tuesday.