‘Day of Disruption’: Families, supporters of Israeli Gaza captives protest

Israelis request a ceasefire and captive woody arsenic the subject intensifies bombardment crossed Gaza, sidesplitting dozens.

Israeli protesters person taken to the streets successful ample numbers crossed the country, demanding the merchandise of captives held successful Gaza and an contiguous extremity to Israel’s ongoing warfare connected the besieged enclave.

Demonstrators blocked large roads connected Tuesday successful Tel Aviv and different cities, holding pictures of captives taken during the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led onslaught successful confederate Israel, and calling for an contiguous ceasefire.

Hundreds gathered extracurricular Israel’s Ministry of Defence office successful cardinal Tel Aviv successful what was billed arsenic a “Day of Disruption”, organised by families of the captives, who person accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s authorities of abandoning their relatives.

“For 690 days, the authorities has been waging a warfare without a wide objective,” said Einav Zangauker, whose 25-year-old lad Matan remains held successful Gaza. “We could person saved hostages and soldiers, but the premier curate chose, again and again, to sacrifice civilians for the involvement of his rule,” she told the Reuters quality agency.

Ruby Chen, the begetter of 21-year-old Itay Chen, a US-Israeli worker whose assemblage is being held successful Gaza, urged officials to resume talks. “Go backmost to the dialog table. There’s a bully woody connected the table… We could get a woody done to bring each the hostages back,” helium said.

Despite increasing planetary condemnation and declarations of a famine from assistance agencies and the United Nations-backed Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC), Israel is carrying retired a caller violative connected Gaza City.

The Israeli subject main reportedly said that “a woody was connected the table” to escaped the captives, and added that the violative to prehend Gaza City would airs a “great danger” to their lives, according to Israeli media.

“Now it’s successful Netanyahu’s hands,” Chief of Staff Lieutenant-General Eyal Zamir was quoted arsenic saying by Israel’s Channel 13 quality during his sojourn to the Haifa naval basal connected Sunday.

A protester holds up a motion with an representation depicting US President Donald Trump arsenic others question Israeli flags during a rally to request the contiguous extremity of the warfare successful Gaza, connected August 26, 2025 [Shir Torem/Reuters]

The protests travel arsenic Israel intensifies its genocide successful Gaza, portion a caller canvass from an Israeli probe radical has revealed overwhelming enactment among Jewish Israelis for the assertion that determination are “no innocents” successful the Gaza Strip

The survey, conducted by aChord, a societal science probe radical based astatine Hebrew University, recovered that 76 percent of Jewish-Israeli respondents partially oregon afloat agreed with the connection that nary civilians successful Gaza tin beryllium considered innocent.

Even among voters who enactment absorption parties, astir fractional (47 percent) afloat endorsed the claim. Researchers said the findings item a profoundly entrenched nationalist acceptance of Israel’s devastating subject campaign, which has killed much than 62,000 Palestinians and levelled overmuch of Gaza.

Protesters instrumentality portion successful a rally to request an contiguous extremity to the warfare [Shir Torem/Reuters]

“These are hard findings,” researcher Ron Gerlitz said successful a station connected X. “They shed airy connected the tremendous fig of Palestinian civilians killed successful the warfare successful Gaza.”

Israeli quality outlet Haaretz reported that dozens of protesters demonstrated extracurricular a edifice successful Jerusalem that was hosting an lawsuit by the Binyamin Regional Council, a assemblage that oversees dozens of amerciable Israeli settlements successful the occupied West Bank. According to Haaretz, the protesters chanted, “They are starving, you are celebrating.”

Gaza’s Ministry of Health said that astatine slightest 64 Palestinians were killed successful Israeli attacks since dawn, including 13 who were changeable dormant portion seeking desperately needed aid.

Half of Gaza’s 2 cardinal radical are sheltering successful Gaza City, with thousands present crammed into coastal areas oregon fleeing southbound to camps successful cardinal Gaza and al-Mawasi.

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