ARAB AND WORLD
Sat 04 Nov 2023 8:32 pm - Jerusalem Time
Demonstrations in Israel demanding "return of the kidnapped" and Netanyahu's resignation
Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated this evening, Saturday, in more than one location, including in front of the homes of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Caesarea and Jerusalem, in addition to a central demonstration organized in Tel Aviv, to demand the release of Israeli prisoners held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
The website of the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper (Ynet) indicated that hundreds of demonstrators in front of Netanyahu's home in Caesarea demanded that he resign, and chanted, "We have been abandoned," in reference to the military and political failure to thwart the Qassam attack on October 7.
According to "Ynet", the Israeli police arrested at least three demonstrators in front of Netanyahu's residence in the city of Jerusalem, where dozens of demonstrators gathered who demanded his "resignation" and accused him of "failing" to manage the war on the Gaza Strip, and trying to prolong the war in anticipation. Of the danger to his political future.
Thousands also gathered to demonstrate in Tel Aviv in what became known as “Kidnapped and Missing Persons Square,” in reference to the Israeli prisoners and hostages held by the resistance factions in the Gaza Strip, in order to demand that the Israeli “war cabinet” work diligently to release the bet and the prisoners before getting more involved in the ground operation. occupation in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The demonstrators in Tel Aviv raised banners reading, “Return the kidnapped ones.” The call to the demonstration for “solidarity with the families of the hostages and prisoners” stated, “More and more days pass and the kidnapped ones are not with us. We go out to demand their return. We do not leave the kidnapped ones behind us, and we will not leave the families.” "On their own."
The newspaper "Yedioth Ahronoth" said that hundreds of Israelis demonstrated near Tel Aviv, at the "Emek Hefer" junction, to demand that the government work to release the prisoners detained in the Gaza Strip. Dozens also demonstrated in front of the home of the former Israeli representative to the United Nations and a member of the Knesset for Likud, Danny. Danon, in Raanana.
Thousands of Israelis demonstrate almost daily, across the country, to pressure the government to take the necessary measures to release prisoners detained in Gaza, noting that there are at least 242 Israelis who were captured by resistance factions in Gaza during the attack of last October 7.
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Demonstrations in Israel demanding "return of the kidnapped" and Netanyahu's resignation