Protesters block Tel Aviv highway as thousands rally over deaths of six Israeli hostages in Gaza

(1 Sep 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 1 September 2024
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1. Protesters and police on horse back, smoke
2. Various of police and protesters clashing
3. Protester being dragged on the ground by police
4. Police and protesters clashing
5. Pan from protest to protesters going down onto the highway
6. Various of protesters on highway
7. Various protesters climbing down to highway
8. Protesters putting wood to fire on highway
9. Protesters on side of highway
10. Protesters on highway near bonfire
11. Wide of protesters on highway
12. Ambulance arriving
13. Various of protesters on highway
STORYLINE:
Hundreds of protesters blocked Tel Aviv’s main highway on Sunday night in protest after six more Israeli hostages were found dead in Gaza.

It comes after tens of thousands of grieving and angry Israelis surged into the streets, as they demanded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire with Hamas to bring the remaining captives home.

The mass outpouring appeared to be the largest such demonstration in 11 months of war and protesters said it felt like a possible turning point, although the country is deeply divided.

Israel’s largest trade union, the Histadrut, further pressured the government by calling a general strike for Monday, the first since the Oct. 7 Hamas attack that started the war.

It aims to shut down or disrupt major sectors of the economy, including banking, health care and the country’s main airport.

Cease-fire negotiations have dragged on for months. Many blame Netanyahu for failing to reach a deal, which opinion polls show a majority of Israelis favor.

But the prime minister also has significant support for his strategy of “total victory” against Hamas, even if a deal for the hostages has to wait.

Thousands of people, some of them weeping, gathered Sunday night outside Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem.

In Tel Aviv, hostages’ relatives marched with coffins.

AP video shot by Alon Bernstein

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