The Israelis keep a protest at the country level to end the Gaza war, “return the hostages” | Israeli conflict news star-news.press/wp

Thousands of demonstrators in Israel have moved to the streets, demanding an end to the war in Gaza and a free Ratat agreement, as the army intensifies attacks on Gaza City to force tens of thousands of Palestinians who are starving to flee again.

Israeli schools, companies and public transport were closed, where demonstrations were planned in the main cities as part of a muddy day of work by two groups representing a number of families of prisoners and bereaved families.

The demonstrators, who fear the fighting more than that may offer the fifty prisoners who believe that they are staying in Gaza, only about 20 of them believed to be alive, chanted: “We do not win a war against the hostages of the hostages.”

The former prisoner, Erbl Jews, said in a demonstration in the “hostage field” in Tel Aviv. “The only way to return them is through a deal, at one time, without games.”

The police said they arrested 32 as part of the national demonstration – one of the most prominent since the uproar on six prisoners found in Gaza last September.

The gatherings of Sunday came a few days after the security cabinet agreed to Israel to advance in Gaza City, nearly two years in the genocide war that destroyed the pocket, and left many of its residents on a brink of starvation, and led to the increasing removal of Israel.

In the so -called “hostage field” in Tel Aviv, activists have canceled a huge Israeli flag covered with the faces of the prisoners that are still being held in Gaza. The demonstrators also banned the main roads, including the highway linking Tel Aviv and Jerusalem, where the tires were placed on fire and traffic occurred, according to local reports.

The hostage and missing families forum, which represents relatives of those who held a strike at the country level. The group said: “We will close the country today with a clear call: returning the fifty hostages and ending the war.”

“If we don’t return them now – we will lose them forever.”

In Jerusalem, companies closed with the demonstrators joining marches. “It is time to end the war. It is time to launch all the hostages. It is time to help Israel recover and move towards the Middle East more stable,” Doron Wilfand, a 54 -year -old tour guide speaking to the news agency, told AFP.

Alon Benkas, a former Israeli diplomat and the Consul General in New York, told Al -Jazeera from Tel Aviv that while the protests were spread throughout the country, the turnout remained relatively small.

He said: “The number of people is very small … I expect it to increase during the day,” noting that many stores, restaurants and universities were closed, as public transportation works in half the capacity. “It is not a general blow in the sense that people imagine, but it is clear, it is tangible, you can feel it in the air.”

On the response of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the turmoil, Pinkas was equal. “Most of the prime ministers had resigned after October 7 … He is not only another prime minister. He only cares about his survival. He is driven by some Christian delusions to re -draw the Middle East.”

Pinkas added that Netanyahu was deviating from public anger by blameing “elites” and “Kabal a deep state” instead of taking responsibility.

The Israeli government condemns the protests

President Isaac Herzog expressed his support for the return of the prisoners and urged international pressure on Hamas rather than paying attention to stopping the war.

But the higher government figures criticized the protests.

The far -right Israeli Finance Minister Bizallil Smotrich has condemned that they were “a harmful and harmful campaign playing in the hands of Hamas”, while the Minister of Culture, Mickey Zohar, said that blocking the roads is a “serious and rewarding error for the enemy.”

The police strengthened their presence throughout the country, and warned that “public order disturbances” will not be tolerated. The demonstrations were also held near the Gaza border, including in Perry, which Kibbutz hit badly during the Hamas attack in October 2023. At least 1139 people were killed in this attack, which sparked what activists say was Israel’s war of revenge. More than 61,000 Palestinians, and the majority of women and children were killed in an Israeli attack called genocide by multiple rights groups.

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and former Defense Secretary Yuuf Galet have issued arrest orders by the International Criminal Criminal Court.

Meanwhile, Egyptian officials said that the ongoing efforts of the mediator were a 60 -day truce that would include captive publications. A previous round of talks in Qatar collapsed without progress. It was agreed on the last impact approved in January by Israel in March.

Israel’s plan to expand the attack in Gaza City was met with international warning, as experts supported by the United Nations warn against starvation across the region.