Huge crowds gather in Israel calling for hostage deal and end to Gaza war

Hundreds of thousands of people met to end the Gaza War in Israel and to make an agreement to ensure that the hostages organized by Hamas were released.

The biggest crowd was seen in Tel Aviv’s “Hostages Square” on Sunday, and the organizers said that the government’s plans to seize the control of the Gaza City still put the life of approximately 20 hostages by Hamas.

One -day national strike – part of wider protests – closed roads, offices and universities in some regions. Approximately 40 people were arrested during the day.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized the protests and said that they would “harden Hamas’s attitude” and slowly slow the release of hostages.

The far -right Israeli Minister Bezalel Smotrich condemned the protests and described them as “a harmful campaign in the hands of Hamas”.

The national strike was requested by the families of hostages and others against the expansion of the war.

Einav Zangaker, a leading figure in the pledge Matan’s mother and hostage and missing families forum, said the group demanded “a comprehensive and accessible agreement and the end of the war”.

“We rightly demand what is ours – our children,” Tel Aviv said to the crowd. “The Israeli government turned a fair war into a meaningless war.”

He was talking after a video was released from his son.

“My heart is burning with longing. All my heart is burned because of my Matan. Matan, I, a whole nation, we do everything we can for you, for all hostages.” He said.

The protests came a week after the Israeli war cabinet displaced its population with a movement that condemns the Gaza City, the largest city of the region, and a movement condemned by the UN Security Council.

In a statement given to the Municipality of HAMAS, the city, the city, fled from the Southern Zeitoun neighborhood of thousands of calm Gaza City.

Gaza Civil Defense Agency said that at least 40 people were killed by Israeli attacks on Saturday.

Hamas said in a statement, Israeli forces “especially in Zeitoun, the East and Southern neighborhoods of the Gaza City,” he said.

The Israeli army said it would allow tents to be brought to Gaza by re -aid agencies.

Israeli military body Cogat, “Population from the war zones to the Southern Gaza Strip to protect and supply of shelter equipment will continue.” He said.

Israel plans to force a million people to displace a million people from Gaza camps in the south, but did not provide a certain time schedule when their forces would enter the city of Gaza.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly wanted the entire city under the occupation of Israel since October 7.

According to the UN, at least 1.9 million people in Gaza – or about 90% of the population – have already been displaced.

The international organ reported that there is a common malnutrition in Gaza and that experts supported by the organization last month playing the “worst scenario of the famine in Strip.

The war in Gaza was triggered by Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023 and killed about 1,200 people and saw that 251 people took hostage.

According to the figures that the UN, the Gaza Ministry of Health, operated by Hamas, was reliable, Israel’s attack killed more than 61,000 Palestinians.