By Steven Scheer

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -The families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza said they were fearful for the fate of their loved ones after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to launch strikes on the Hamas leadership in Qatar, just as a new ceasefire push was underway.

Qatar has been hosting leaders of the Palestinian militant group which is still holding 48 hostages in Gaza, and is one of the mediators, along with the United States, trying to secure a ceasefire deal that would include the captives' release.

Some hostage families said they were outraged by Tuesday's assassination attempt in Doha, fearing Hamas could take retribution against their loved ones.

Einav Zangauker, whose son Matan was kidnapped from his Kibbutz in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attacks that triggered the war in Gaza, said she was........

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