Thousands of Israelis participated in a strike on Sunday to support the hostages of the hostages held in Gaza, and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to reach an agreement with Hamas to end the war and release the remaining prisoners.
The demonstrators waved the Israeli flags and carried pictures of the hostages, as well as echoing the shores, centuries and drums in gatherings throughout the country. Some demonstrators banned streets and highways, including the main road between Jerusalem, Will Obib.
“Today, everything stops remembering the highest value: the sanctity of life,” said Anat Infrazet, the mother of Matan Matan, who engraved, for reporters in a public square in Tel Aviv.
Among those who met with the families of the hostages in Tel Aviv, the Israeli actress in Hollywood Gal Jadot, known as Wonder Woman and starring in The Fast & the Furious.
Before Sunday, some companies and institutions said that they would allow employees to join the strike at the country level, which the hostages called the hostages. While some companies were closed, many also open throughout the country as a working day in Israel. Schools on the summer vacation were not affected.
A large gathering in Tel Aviv was scheduled to be held in the evening.
Israeli police said 38 protesters were arrested by 2 pm local time. Some demonstrators block roads with the police, and the officers transported them.
The demonstrations were stopped throughout the country for a short time at 4 pm local time when the alarm siren in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other places looked, with a warning from a import missing from Yemen. The missile was intercepted without an accident.
On Sunday, Netanyahu told the Council of Ministers: “Those who are calling today to end the war without defeating Hamas not only crucify Hamas’s position and delay the launch of our hostages. They also guarantee that the horrors of October 7 over and over again.”
In the face of global criticism, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his plan to take over one of the most populated areas in Gaza, at a press conference with international journalists. Netanyahu, who faces an arrest order from the International Criminal Court for the alleged war crimes, has also blamed many Gaza’s problems in Hamas.
The Prime Minister, who leads the most right -wing government in the country’s history, said that his government is determined to implement the army’s decision to seize Gaza City, and it is one of the last main areas of the pocket that is already in unnoticed.
This decision is not widely popular between the Israelis and many hostages of the hostages, who fear that an expanded military campaign in Gaza can risk the lives of their loved ones who are still detained. There are 50 hostages kept by militants in Gaza, and Israeli officials believe that about 20 are still alive.
“There is no time – not for the life that is lost in hell, nor for the fall who may fade in the ruins of Gaza.”
Nearly two years after the war in Gaza, a Hamas -led attack on Israel was caught in October 2023, most of the hostages who were released so far appeared as a result of diplomatic talks.
Negotiations on the ceasefire could have witnessed more hostages that were released in July. The Palestinian militants group, Hamas, said that it will not liberate the remaining hostages unless Israel agreed to end the war, while Netanyahu pledged that Hamas could not remain in power.
The Israeli government has faced sharp criticism at home and abroad, including some of its closest European allies, to announce that the army will soon require Gaza City.
The Israeli government’s plan to control Gaza City led to a condemnation of leaders all over the world, including Prime Minister Mark Carney, who said that the procedure would put “hostages in greater danger.”
On Sunday, Hamas described the criminal plan, saying that it would force the displacement of hundreds of thousands of Gaza City.
More than 61,000 Palestinians were killed in Israel’s military campaign in Gaza, according to local health officials there. They said on Sunday, at least 29 were killed last day.
About 1,200 people were killed and 251 were transferred to Gaza during Hamas on October 7, 2023, an attack on Israel, according to the Israeli. More than 400 Israeli soldiers have been killed in Gaza since then.
Israeli opposition leader Yire Lapid, who attended a gathering in Tel Aviv, expressed his support for the demonstrators.
“The only thing that strengthens the country is the wonderful spirit of people who go out of the house today for Israeli solidarity.”
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