their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister says there are 129 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel aviv demanding their safe return. cnn s alex marquardt was there. alex, prime minister benjamin netanyahu just spoke about the hostages. what did he say? and fred, that rally took place here on what has become known as hostages square right next to where the defense min cit ministry is based. we just heard from prime minister netanyahu who said all of israel is in mourning for the deaths of these hostages. he spoke specifically about the three who were killed yesterday by israeli soldiers saying we were so close to embracing them, but unfortunately we cannot turn back time. he went on to make the argument that it is military pre