In Jerusalem, thousands of Israelis rallied to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Israelis have launched the largest protests since the start of Israel’s war against Gaza. Tens of thousands of people took to the streets demanding the removal of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, early elections and approval of a deal to free 130 hostages held by Hamas militants.
Sunday Promotion
On Sunday night, demonstrators blocked a main street in the city of Jerusalem after an earlier rally in front of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving national flags. Organizers of the rally said the rally was the largest since the war in Gaza began in October.
Protesters shouted slogans such as Netanyahu “>
Because of this, the police wanted to push the demonstrators out of the way, and when this failed, they used water cannons.
Note that even before Israel’s war on Gaza, Netanyahu faced months of street protests over controversial judicial reforms.
Government Commitment
Hamas captured around 250 prisoners in October, of which Israel says 130 remain in Gaza. Netanyahu has promised to destroy Hamas and return all the hostages, but many of their families believe that “>
“We believe that not a single hostage will return with this government because they are busy throwing spokes in the wheels of the hostage negotiations,” said Boaz Atzili, whose cousin Aviv Atlizi and his wife Liat were kidnapped , on Sky News. October 7.
As the Israeli media added, the pressure on the prime minister increased after the opponents of the government found a common language with the families of the prisoners. As a result, the families of the hostages have vowed to take to the streets every night this week, calling on the government to “bring them home.”
Many protesters during the protests carried posters with Netanyahu’s bloodied face, accusing him of “failing to protect the country from Hamas.”
Netanyahu’s reaction
Today, the Egyptian state press, citing security sources, reported that the hostage exchange talks resumed on Sunday. The Israeli media could not get confirmation of this information from Netanyahu, as he is currently in the hospital.
The day before he underwent surgery to remove a hernia. According to the doctor, the intervention was “successful” and the prime minister is “awake, recovering and talking to his family.”
According to the Prime Minister’s Office, the hernia was discovered during a routine check-up on Saturday night. The office did not say on which part of the body the disease was discovered.
Before the operation, Netanyahu gave a televised speech in which he said he “understands the pain the families of the hostages feel” and said calling for new elections almost two years early would “only stop hostage negotiations.”
In addition, he promised that the Israeli military would withdraw more than a million Palestinian civilians from the city of Rafah in southern Gaza, provide them with the necessary assistance, and then launch an attack on the remaining battalions of Hamas fight there.
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