Tens of thousands of people went to the streets of Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest against the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to expand Israeli military operations in the Gaza Strip and occupy Gaza. The protest was organized by an association of related Israeli hostages kidnapped by the Palestinian militant Hamas movement into the Gaza band in October 2023. Families fear that Israeli military plans will endanger the lives of detained. This is reported by TASR, referring to DPA and AFP.
AFP reporters estimated Participation in the demonstration in Tel Aviv for several tens of thousands, while the organizers talked about up to 100,000 participants. The authorities did not provide their estimate of participation. AFP, however, noted that this The protest was by far the largest of other anti -war protests in Israel in the past period.
Netanyahu’s Security Cabinet approved the extension of the army operations and the cast of Gaza On Friday, according to DPA with a likely aim to get control of the whole coast of the Gaza Strip. The army believes that Palestinian militants hold hostages in areas outside its control, including Gaza. According to the Israeli authorities, Palestinian radicals hold 50 more hostages, but only about 20 of them live.
The war in the Gaza Strip started the attack of Hamas and related groups to the south of Israel on October 7, 2023. About 1200 people died and more than 250 hostages were dragged by militants to the Gaza Strip. Israel answered extensive air attacks and ground offensive to the Gaza Strip, which, according to the local ministry, claimed more than 61.000 dead. Recently, international pressure on the Israeli government has been increasing in connection with the high number of dead civilians and a fundamental deterioration in the humanitarian situation of the local population.
