Protesters blocked highway number 1 leading to Tel Aviv and highway number 2 near Herzliya and intend to mobilize 1 million people during this “week of unrest.”
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Several roads in Israel remain blocked by demonstrators protesting against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government and demanding early elections and the release of hostages.
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The protesters blocked, among other ways, the Highway No. 1 to Tel Aviv and the Highway No. 2 near Herzliyaon the second day of nationwide protests that are expected to last a week.
According to the Spanish agency EFE, the motto “enough”, as well as the names of the hostages held captive in Gaza by Hamas for more than eight months.
This Monday, a small group of protesters They cut the coastal road near Kfar Shamariahuin the Tel Aviv district, with three vehicles stopped between the roads.
Protest organizers said Sunday that the goal is mobilize a million people during what they called a “week of unrest,” as well as holding elections before October.
In addition to the road closures, students from several high schools in central Israel started strikes and joined the blockades, demanding the release of hostages, local media reported this Monday.
A demonstration is planned for today at 7:00 p.m. local time (4:00 p.m. in Lisbon), in front of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament), in Jerusalem.
Several companies rented buses to transport protesters around the country, according to Israel’s Channel 12.
A demonstration is planned for Wednesday in the south of the country and on Thursday the protesters intend to gather near Netanyahu’s residences, both in Jerusalem and in Caesarean section, along the coast, between Tel Aviv and Haifa.
For several months, thousands of Israeli critics of the Government have been organizing protests in the streets of Tel Aviv and, sometimes, in Jerusalem, to demand Netanyahu’s resignation and the calling of early elections.
In recent months, the Israeli hostage families In Gaza they joined the protest movement demanding a ceasefire agreement to free the 116 hostages still held in the Palestinian enclave.
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The war began after the Hamas attack on Israel that left 1,200 dead on October 7 last year.
Israel’s large-scale military response against the Palestinian enclave left 37,300 dead, according to Hamas, which controls Gaza.
Source: Observadora
