Some 40,000 people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Tuesday evening to protest Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to dismiss Shin Bet chief Ronen Bar and resume the war on the Gaza Strip.

Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Habima Square in central Tel Aviv, and the protests spread to surrounding streets, such as Rothschild and Ben Zion, where heavy traffic jams were recorded.

Similar protests took place in Jerusalem, the Sha'ar Hanegev Rangers, Beersheba, Haifa, and other areas, with demonstrators raising slogans against the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief and against the continuation of the war.

Protesters accused Netanyahu of waging the war based on political calculations to ensure he remained in power, demanding a comprehensive deal to release all prisoners and rescind the dismissal of the Shin Bet chief.

The protests were attended by former leaders of Israel's security services, including former Police Commissioner Roni Alsheich, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo, and families of prisoners in Gaza.

In his address to the demonstrators, Al-Sheikh said there was a systematic attempt to undermine the work of security institutions, noting that the security services were now required to "not carry out their duties if they do not align with the government's political interests."

He added, "The police are prevented from investigating cases that displease the political leadership, and now even the Shin Bet is no longer permitted to perform its duties if doing so threatens Benjamin Netanyahu's stability in power."

Al-Sheikh launched a sharp attack on Netanyahu, saying, "There can no longer be any doubt that he is willing to compromise national security for non-national reasons." He added, "We will not allow their future to be jeopardized."

He continued, "This is a fateful moment, and anyone who remains silent in the face of the government's political deception and security manipulation is sacrificing state security for narrow political interests."

For his part, former Mossad chief Pardo also launched a sharp attack on Netanyahu, saying, "March 18 is another dark day in the campaign of destruction led by the accused Netanyahu."

He added, "What is happening now is Netanyahu's war for his survival. It is not Israel's war, but Netanyahu's war for his political survival. The self-destructive mechanism that this coward, fraud, and liar launched long ago is reaching its decisive stage."

Pardo accused the prime minister of deliberately dragging Israel into an open war with no political horizon, saying, "You ousted the head of the Shin Bet hours before he was due to sit at the command table with the chief of staff. You claimed you didn't trust him, but at the same time, you gave him the responsibility of running the war again."

Pardo concluded his statement sharply: "You, Benjamin Netanyahu, pose an immediate and clear danger to the security of the state. You are a man without a conscience, without a compass. We will not forget and we will not forgive."

In turn, Einav Tsengauker, the mother of a prisoner held in the Gaza Strip, called on demonstrators to join the prisoners' families' protests on Begin Street, opposite the Ministry of Defense headquarters.

"Netanyahu opened the gates of hell on the hostages, not on Hamas. They can only be saved through a single comprehensive deal. War will not bring them back; it will kill them," she said.

She called for escalation, adding, "If thousands of Israelis set up tents around the Kirya headquarters (the Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv), Netanyahu will have no choice but to end the war and return the hostages."