(1 Jun 2024)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv – 1 June 2024
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. Woman dressed as Statue of Liberty, holding banner reading (English): "Hostages deal now"
2. Various of crowd protesting against Israeli government
3. Protesters holding paintings of some hostages
4. Various of protesters displaying giant banner reading (English): "Biden save them (hostages) from Netanyahu"
5. Various of demonstrators participating in performance during protest, lying on floor simulating victims, with signs reading (Hebrew): "Hunger strike until they come back"
6. Wide of protest
STORYLINE:
Thousands gathered in Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand the Israeli government reach a deal to release the hostages, and called for new elections in the country.
Among the demonstrators was a woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty while holding a sign reading "Hostage deal now."
On Saturday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called a permanent cease-fire in Gaza a “nonstarter” until long-standing conditions for the ending the war are met.
The statement appears to undermine a proposal that U.S. President Joe Biden had announced as an Israeli one on Friday.
Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas urged all parties to immediately accept the proposal.
Biden asserted that Hamas is no longer capable of another large-scale attack on Israel. And he urged Israel and Hamas to agree to an extended cease-fire.
Hamas says it views the proposal “positively.”
Hamas’ attack on Oct. 7 killed around 1,200 people — mostly civilians — and abducted about 250.
Some 100 people are still believed to be detained, along with the bodies of 30 more.
AP Video shot by Paz Bar
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