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Activists and hostages’ relatives block roads across Israel, including central Tel Aviv

17 February 2025, 9:25 am
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Pro-hostage deal protesters block a road in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
Pro-hostage deal protesters block a road in Tel Aviv, February 17, 2025. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)

Hostage families and activists on behalf of the captives are blocking roads across the country, including the central Namir Road in Tel Aviv, marking 500 days of their loved ones’ captivity.

More protests and events are planned throughout the day.

Protesters block Ra’anana Junction, marking 500 days since Hamas’s October 7, 2023, onslaught, February 17, 2025. (Raya Barkan/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
Families of hostages held in the Gaza Strip march to the Knesset in Jerusalem, marking 500 days since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas, February 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Israelis block Sha’ar Hanegev junction near Gaza during a protest for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip, February 17, 2025. (Erez Volach/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
Hundreds of protesters, some of them students at the Lady Davis high school, block the Maoz Aviv intersection in Tel Aviv calling for the release of the hostages from Gaza, February 17, 2025. (Udi Salmanovich/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

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