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Large Protests in Tel Aviv Demanding Netanyahu’s Resignation- BBC

Tens of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets on Saturday to rally against Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, reported BBC.

As Israel’s war in Gaza reached its six-month mark, protesters demanded a hostage deal and called for early elections. The protesters chanted “elections now,” calling for Netanyahu’s resignation.

Anti-government protesters were joined by families of hostages still held in Gaza. The protesters expressed their frustration with their government’s inability to free the nearly 130 hostages who remain in Gaza.

Organizers estimate that the protests in Tel Aviv have drawn about 100,000 people, while others put the count at 45,000.

These protests are the latest in a series of large anti-government protests calling for Netanyahu to step down, amid anger that his government failed to free the remaining hostages.

Large Protests in Tel Aviv Demanding Netanyahu's Resignation
Protesters Demanding Netanyahu’s Resignation

The protests in Tel Aviv and other Israeli cities came after the Israeli military recovered the body of hostage Elad Katzir.

In a post on Facebook, Katzir’s sister blamed the Israeli authorities for her brother’s death, saying he would have returned alive if they agreed to a truce deal earlier.

“Our leadership is cowardly and driven by political consideration, which is why this deal has not happened yet,” Carmit Palty Katzir wrote.

Israel’s opposition leader Yair Lapid took part in one of the rallies in Kfar Saba before leaving for talks in Washington, according to The Guardian.

He said, “They haven’t learned anything, they haven’t changed,” adding “until we send them home, they won’t give this country a chance to move forward.”

Israeli local media reported that clashes had broken out between protesters and police at the Tel Aviv rally, and police said that one protester has been arrested.

Meanwhile, negotiators plan to meet in Cairo on Sunday for a new round of ceasefire talks.

CIA Director William Burns and Qatari Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani will join negotiators from Egypt, Israel and Hamas, BBC reported, citing some media reports.

The war in Gaza has broken out after the Hamas attack on Israel on October 7, which killed about 1200 people.

Israel’s retaliatory offensive in Gaza has killed over 33,000 Palestinians, most of them women and children, according to the Ministry of Health in Gaza.

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