24 people have been killed in the occupied West Bank since Israel began its assault on the city of Jenin, according to Palestinian health officials.

The IDF launched a sweeping military operation Wednesday, carrying out airstrikes and deadly raids and sealing off the city of Jenin.

Of the Palestinians reported dead since Wednesday, Hamas and its ally Islamic Jihad have said at least 14 were members of their armed wings.

Three Israeli police officers were also killed in a shooting at a checkpoint in Hebron on Sunday.

Aviva Siegel, who was taken hostage by Hamas and released in November after 51 days in captivity, called for an end to the fighting and a deal that would bring the remaining hostages home.

In an interview with NBC News, she said her heart was "broken into pieces" following the recovery of the bodies of six hostages from Gaza on Saturday.

"We need them home, we need them home now as quick as possible," she said.

"Stop fighting, wars aren't good for anybody. People shouldn't be dead. You only get one chance to live. It needs to stop immediately to bring the hostages home. A deal is the only way to get them home safely."

"They need to come home alive as soon as possible before we get more dead bodies home."

Israel's far-right Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has repeated calls for the government not to enter into a deal with Hamas that would see the release of Palestinian prisoners or sacrifice control of the Philadelphi corridor.

Ben-Gvir's position stands in opposition to a round of fresh calls from some ministers and hostage families for a cease-fire deal that would rescue the remaining hostages, after six were recovered dead from Gaza last night.

"Those who demand the release of thousands of terrorists and give Hamas control over the Philadelphia axis are intentionally abandoning the security of Israel’s citizens," he said. "The blood of the next murdered will be by his hands."

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant called on the Israeli parliament to reverse a decision made Thursday that demands the Israel Defense Forces maintain a military presence in the Philadelphi Corridor as part of any cease-fire or hostage release deal.

Netanyahu's insistence that the IDF stay in the corridor has impeded recent cease-fire talks, and Thursday's vote drew outrage from the Hostages and Missing Families Forum.

Ahead of the vote, local news outlets reported conflict between Gallant and Netanyahu over the impact the Philadelphi Corridor decision would have on hostages.

"The political-security cabinet must convene immediately and reverse the decision made on Thursday," Gallant, who voted against the original decision, posted on X.

"It’s too late for the abductees who were murdered in cold blood. The abductees who remain in the captivity of Hamas must be returned home."

The Hostages Families and Missing Families forum is organizing protests in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in Sunday, after the recovery of six hostages last night added urgency to calls for a deal what could save the remaining captives.

It said the first protest will take place at 4 p.m. local time in Jerusalem at the joint square, with another "massive" protest taking place at 7 p.m. at Begin Gate in Tel Aviv.

Daniel Lifshitz, grandson of hostage Oded Lifshitz, said they were protesting to pressure their government to "seal the deal," in reference to a cease-fire deal that would see the remaining hostages returned to Israel.

"That's what we have asked for," he said. "That is what our demand is."

Gil Dickmann accused the ultranationalist finance minister, Bezalel Smotrich, of sabotaging a cease-fire deal that would have led to the release of his cousin, Carmel Gat, whose body was recovered from Gaza yesterday.

Smotrich, chairman of the far-right Religious Zionist Party, objected to a plan presented by President Joe Biden in May that aimed to end the war in Gaza and return all hostages.

Dickmann slammed Smotrich on X for posting a picture of his cousin Carmel Gat among the others whose bodies were found.

"You foiled the deal that would bring her home. You were proud of it. You said that bringing them home 'isn’t the most important thing.'

And now they are dead.

Don’t talk about 'dancing on the blood'.

"If you had an ounce of responsibility and respect for the human life you wasted, you would be ashamed to publish her picture this morning."

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he is mourning for the hostages whose bodies were recovered from Gaza, and accused Hamas of "unimaginable cruelty."

"Along with all the citizens of Israel, I was shocked to the depths of my soul by the terrible cold-blooded murder of six of our abductees," he said.

"I say to the Hamas terrorists who murdered our abductees and I say to their leaders — your blood is on your head. We will not rest and we will not be silent. We will pursue you, we will catch up with you and we will bring you to account.

He went on to accuse Hamas of refusing to conduct cease-fire negotiations. Both sides have repeatedly accused the other of obstructing a deal.

The "humanitarian pauses" to allow a mass polio vaccination campaign has begun today in central Gaza as aid groups work to prevent an outbreak of the virus.

Israel and Hamas agreed to three separate three-day pauses in fighting, starting Sunday in central Gaza, to allow for the vaccination of some 640,000 children against polio amid fears that the outbreak of the potentially fatal virus could spread beyond the territory.

In a post on X, Philippe Lazzarini, commissioner general for UNWRA, called on both sides to respect the temporary pauses in fighting.

Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid has called on the head of the Israeli parliament to convene the Knesset "as early as tomorrow" to discuss a deal to release the remaining hostages and "save the abductees who are still alive."

"We have no time to waste," he said in a post on X. "Their deaths could have been avoided. It was possible to reach a deal. There is a majority for such a deal in the people, there is a majority for such a deal in the Knesset."