Israel: Protesters carry coffins outside Netanyahu’s house as PM asks for ‘forgiveness’ over hostage deaths [Video]

Fake coffins have been placed outside the home of Benjamin Netanyahu after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza – as protesters call on the Israeli prime minister to reach a ceasefire with Hamas.

It came as Mr Netanyahu on Monday night asked for “forgiveness” from the families of the six hostages who were found dead over the weekend.

“I told the families, and I repeat and say this evening: I am asking for your forgiveness that we didn’t manage to bring them back alive,” he said at a press conference on Monday, according to a CNN translation. “We were very close but we couldn’t make it.”

The bodies of the six hostages held by Hamas were found by Israeli forces in Gaza on Sunday, sparking outrage from across the world and leading families of hostages to call for a mass protest and “complete halt” of Israel, to push for a ceasefire and hostage release.

Five of the hostages killed had been kidnapped from a …