Middle East: Thousands of Israelis take to the streets against Netanyahu government

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Thousands of Israelis take to the streets against Netanyahu government

Protest march in Tel Aviv against the government of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. photo

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They called for the immediate release of all hostages held in the Gaza Strip and for new elections. Thousands of people protested against the Netanyahu government in Israel.

Thousands of people have… Israel once again called for an agreement to release the hostages still held in the Gaza Strip and protested against the government. At a mass rally on Saturday evening in Tel Aviv, people loudly demanded the immediate release of all people abducted from Israel to the Palestinian coastal area and new elections. “The one who abandoned them must bring them home,” the crowd chanted, alluding to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, whom many Israelis blame for colossal failure in the face of the Hamas massacre on October 7th. Relatives of the abductees also accuse him and his government of having no serious interest in reaching an agreement with the Islamist Hamas.

Israel and Hamas have been negotiating indirectly for months over a ceasefire and the release of additional hostages kidnapped in the Hamas massacre in the Gaza Strip on October 7th. There is currently no breakthrough in sight.

According to Israeli media, thousands protested in the coastal cities of Tel Aviv and Haifa on Saturday evening, and hundreds in the city of Beersheva. More than a thousand people also reportedly gathered in Caesarea near a private villa of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There were also rallies in other Israeli cities.

Until a few weeks ago, Israel assumed that almost 100 of the approximately 130 remaining hostages were still alive. But there are now fears that significantly more of them could be dead.

dpa

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