A group of relatives of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in the Gaza Strip stormed the Knesset today, while a parliamentary committee was meeting, asking lawmakers to do more to free their relatives.

The mobilization of about 20 people is yet another sign of growing resentment among Israelis as the war with Hamas enters its fourth month.

A woman held photos of three members of her family who are among the more than 250 people taken hostage in the October 7 Hamas invasion of Israel. About 130 of them remain in Gaza, while another 110 were released in November during the ceasefire between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

“I would like even one to come back alive, one of the three!” shouted the woman, after storming into the space where the Knesset’s finance committee was meeting.

Other protesters, wearing black T-shirts, held signs that read: “You will not sit here while they die there.”

“Release them now, now, now!”, they shouted.

The fate of the hostages – 27 of whom have died in Gaza, according to Israel—shocks the country. But their relatives worry that fatigue will take over and the issue will be forgotten, and their protests have now become more aggressive.

Protesters have also camped outside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home as well as outside the Knesset building, with some calling for a unilateral end to the war or elections in the hope of toppling the right-wing government.

Parliamentary Finance Committee Chairman Moshe Gaffni, head of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish party in the governing coalition, called for the meeting to be suspended and tried to calm the protesters.

“Releasing hostages is the most basic principle of Judaism, especially in this case where there is an immediate need to preserve life,” he stressed, although he added: “We would achieve nothing if we left the governing coalition.”

Yesterday was Sunday Netanyahu rejected Hamas’ terms for ending the war and the release of the hostages, which included Israel’s complete withdrawal from Gaza, which will continue to be ruled by the Palestinian Authority.

The Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons then asked Netanyahu to “state unequivocally that we will not abandon the civilians, soldiers and all others who were kidnapped in the October fiasco.”

“If the prime minister decides to sacrifice the hostages, he should show leadership and honestly share his position with the Israeli public,” he added in a statement.