Thousands of anti-regime protesters gather outside Netanyahu's home
Thousands of anti-regime protesters have marched in al-Quds and gathered outside prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's home, reiterating their demand for his ouster and a new prisoner exchange deal with Gaza.
The protest took place on Thursday, with participants yelling through megaphones and banging on snare drums.
Many in the crowd chanted their support for reaching a deal to release Israeli captives being held in Gaza by the Palestinian resistance.
The demonstrators also called for early elections. "We've been abandoned - Elections now!" read one sign that rose above the crowd.
Later in the day, protesters blocked traffic and lit a large bonfire on the street.
Unlike the previous demonstrations, the latest protest saw no major clashes with police officers, who were standing at barricades.
Such protests have grown more frequent as the war on Gaza rages on and fighting with Hezbollah resistance movement in Lebanon threatens to escalate.
Some 250 Israelis were taken captive on October 7 last year during a historic retaliatory operation by Gaza’s resistance movements against the usurping entity. The regime responded by launching the war that has so far killed at least 37,765 Palestinians, mostly women and children.
A week-long truce deal agreed in November saw Hamas releasing 105 of the captives in return for some 240 Palestinians held in Israeli jails.
The movement has ever since agreed to two more truce proposals. Tel Aviv has, however, rejected one proposal and refused to respond to another, while escalating the war, something which has led to the death of some of the remaining captives.
Thousands of Israelis rallied against Netanyahu’s policies, demanding his removal from power.#FreePalestine pic.twitter.com/KKLRS10DsB
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Israel believes over 100 of the captives are still held in the Gaza Strip and that more than 70 of them are alive.
The Israeli opposition says Netanyahu is prolonging the war because he believes his “political future” will end when it stops, potentially leading to trials regarding past corruption charges.
Netanyahu faces charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust in three cases filed in 2019.
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