On Sunday, Israeli demonstrators intensified their calls for a deal to release the hostages in Gaza for a second day in a row as they marched through Tel Aviv and Jerusalem while shouting, “We will not give up”. The protesters demanded that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu either secure a truce and a hostage-release agreement or resign as the war entered its tenth month. Commencing at 6:29 am (0329 GMT) on October 7, the national “disruption day” was timed to coincide with the start of Hamas’s attack that precipitated the war.
Tens of thousands of protesters blocked traffic at important intersections and a highway in central Tel Aviv, and police used water cannon to disperse them as they blocked roads in Israel’s two largest cities. There was a feeling among the demonstrators—many of whom are linked to the hostages—that the government had abandoned the Palestinians that Hamas was holding captive in Gaza. Israel claims that 116 prisoners are still detained, 42 of whom the military claims to be dead.
Orly Nativ, 57, joined the flag-waving protestors in Tel Aviv and declared, “The government doesn’t care what the people think, and they don’t do anything to bring back our sisters and brothers from Gaza.”
“Enough is enough.” The longest-serving prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, is frequently accused of not doing more to force a ceasefire out of a need for political survival. His cabinet’s two far-right members have threatened to quit if a deal is reached.
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