Tens of thousands of people have rallied across Israel after the bodies of six hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip were recovered by soldiers, causing national outrage.
Protesters, many clad in Israeli flags, descended on cities including Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, demanding that their government reaches a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages taken by Hamas during the 7 October attacks.
The protests were largely peaceful but in Tel Aviv crowds broke through police lines, blocking a main highway. The demonstrations came as on of Israel’s biggest labour unions, Histadrut, called for a nationwide general strike, demanding that the government reach a deal with Hamas.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said earlier that the six bodies were found in an underground tunnel in the Rafah area of southern Gaza. The hostages were identified as Carmel Gat, Eden Yerushalmi, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Alexander Lobanov, Almog Sarusi and Master Sgt Ori Danino. The IDF said they had been killed shortly before its troops reached them.
News of the deaths fuelled the protests, with many Israelis accusing their government of not doing enough to secure the release of the remaining hostages.
Jane Hill presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Lucy Williamson in Jerusalem.
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Israel doesn’t want to rescue them. They are excuse to destroy Palestinians.
Only people of Israel can stop the genocide.
Wat about starvation…death..genocide..for 70 years ..every life is sacred but not to them…sick
Netanyahu is a war criminal and a liar he has to be removed.he is a warmonger that does not care about anybody but himself
Im afraid that these Israeli’s who are protesting are fighting a losing cause.
1.What they are asking the government to do.”make a deal” is basically surrender. I say this as Hamas and the death cult tribes being dealt with want to cause the total destruction of Israel and more- over to cause maximum pain and suffering to the jewish people in this process, this was shown on Oct 7 and everyday since.
2. These people are liers, murderers and use sexual depravation as a torture to exact this cause against Israel.
3. These are not resistance or freedom fighters, they are Criminals with an IDEOLOGY.
4. There is no negotiation with an ideology. Especially when that ideology is all about the total destruction of the jew. Making deals by weak Israeli sentiment caused this, and When this is complete, the rest of the unbelievers around the world will be the target. There philosophy is INFEST, NEST, BREED AND SUBVERT….REPEAT. these islamist groups are following this ideology and repopulation system across the world and have been doing this for generations now causing the host countries, massive damage from within.
5. The protester Israelis need to weigh up their options instead of acting like woke imbeciles.
I hate war, however this needs to stop and to do this and stop it happening again is to totalling, overwhelmingly DESTROY the enemies of Israel, unfortunately there will be sacrifice, as the Israelis before did to regain their land and hold it.
THATS IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE.