Government-critical protests are stopping traffic on several of Israel's motorways, writes the Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
Images from motorway 4, north of Tel Aviv, show large smoke plumes from a fire on the carriageway, tyres being burned and long queues forming. Protests are also being reported from several other motorways that have been blocked. A demonstration is also taking place at a branch of the Home Office, where activists are urging people to stop paying taxes in protest against the sitting government.
Demonstrations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government have been ongoing for months in Israel. Activists are, among other things, dissatisfied with Netanyahu's handling of the ongoing Gaza War and the hostage-taking during the Hamas-terror-stamped attack on 7 October last year.
