Today's protest actions began at 06.29 – the same time as Hamas launched its terror attack on Israel on October 7, 2023.
Among other things, demonstrators are blocking a highway near Tel Aviv and protesting outside the US embassy in the city, reports The Times of Israel. Outside Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar's home, demonstrators are reading out the names of the hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza, 22 months after the start of the war.
Culminates with giant march
After 690 days of war "without a clear goal" it is obvious that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is afraid of one thing – pressure from the people, says Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker.
We have a wonderful country but no government, she says in a speech in Tel Aviv.
Yehuda Cohen, father of hostage soldier Nimrod Cohen, claims that over 80 percent of Israelis want to see Israel enter into an agreement with terrorist-stamped Hamas that means the war ends and the hostages come home.
The entire Israeli people want to put an end to this nightmare, he says.
Later today, protest marches will be held in several places in Israel. According to Israeli media, the plan is for the day to culminate in a giant march in the evening.
"There is a proposal on the table"
Tonight, Israel's security cabinet will meet at the same time. Exactly what is on the agenda is not known, but in Israeli media, speculation is being made about renewed discussions about a ceasefire agreement.
Israel has still not come up with an official response to the proposal for a ceasefire that Hamas in the Gaza Strip said yes to last week.
"There is a proposal on the table. We demand that our leaders sit down at the negotiating table and do not give up until an agreement is reached", says Hagit Chen, whose son Itay Chen was killed in captivity in Gaza after being kidnapped during the Hamas attack in 2023, according to AFP in a statement released by the relatives' organization Hostages and Missing Families Forum.
