Anti-government protesters block major highways, interchanges

Anti-government protesters block a number of major highways and interchanges across the country.

Blocked roads include Route 1 toward Jerusalem, Route 4 heading south from Raanana, and the Ayalon in north Tel Aviv.

According to reports, the Kfar Tavor, Gazit, Yavor, Einat and Nahalim interchanges are also blocked.

Activists have organized a week of protests in which they say they aim to get a million people onto the streets in a call for elections and a hostage deal.

The protests come amid growing public anger additionally over the coalition vote to apply “continuity” to a bill from the previous Knesset lowering the age of exemption from mandatory service for Haredi yeshiva students, and with the cabinet set today to discuss extending an emergency measure delaying retirement for IDF reservists.

בפתח ״שבוע ההתנגדות״ של ארגוני המחאה – מפגינים חוסמים הבוקר כבישים מרכזיים ברחבי הארץ. בין השאר: כביש 1 לכיוון ירושלים בשער הגיא, כביש 4 דרום ליד רעננה, והצמתים כפר תבור, גזית, יבור, עינת ונחלים pic.twitter.com/eiCG8IB6n2

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