9 arrested at hundreds-strong anti-war protest along the Gaza border

Police and border cops arrested nine protesters this evening during a hundreds-strong march along the Gaza border calling for an end to the war, as Israel ramps up its offensive in the Strip.

The protest, a march from the Sderot train station to the border with Gaza, was planned and approved in advance with police and the army on short notice, in light of yesterday’s announcement of a major new offensive dubbed “Gideon’s Chariots.”

Officers declared the anti-war demonstration illegal when protesters tried to burst onto Route 34 near the border. Organizers call the move a “non-violent act of civil disobedience, confronting police brutality, to block the roads leading the army into Gaza.”

Footage from the march shows several protesters attempting to disrupt traffic on the road while calling for an end to the war in Hebrew and Arabic, as police rush to shove demonstrators away from the highway guardrail. They later carry away several protesters to police vehicles, detaining them for questioning.

Among those arrested is prominent left-wing activist Alon Lee Green, who co-founded the Standing Together movement.

HAPPENING NOW NEAR THE GAZA BORDER: responding to the call initiated by Standing Together @omdimbeyachad, hundreds of anti-war activists from Israel arrive for a NON-VIOLENT ACT OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, confronting police brutality, to block the roads leading the army into Gaza. ???? pic.twitter.com/bkltS4cSkP

— ????Uri Weltmann אורי וולטמן أوري فلطمان (@uriweltmann) May 18, 2025