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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Anti-war protesters arrested for pouring red paint outside IDF chief’s house
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Police arrested several anti-war activists who poured buckets of red paint outside of IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir’s home in Hod Hasharon earlier today, police and protesters say.
Dozens of protesters gathered earlier today outside the IDF chief’s home, demanding he refuse to carry out any plans to occupy the Gaza Strip as the government advances an operation to take over Gaza City.
Demonstrators held a banner with Zamir’s face that read: “You are against the occupation of Gaza, the time has come to refuse,” referencing leaked comments attributed to the IDF chief calling for Israel to instead accept a hostage deal. The participants then took buckets of red paint, pouring it on the street and an adjacent wall.
We refuse our government’s genocidal war! We refuse the continued starvation of Palestinians! We spilled red paint in front of the home of army Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir to demand that he refuse to carry out orders to occupy Gaza. pic.twitter.com/9TI9t24xQX
— עומדים ביחד نقف معًا Standing Together???? (@omdimbeyachad) August 28, 2025
The red paint symbolizes “the rivers of blood that will be spilled if Israel moves to re-occupy Gaza, endanger the hostages and kill innocents,” says the Standing Together movement in a statement.
According to police, officers from the Kfar Saba station arrested five demonstrators who “caused damage to a street and a building.” Protesters from the Standing Together movement say three additional women were arrested an hour after the demonstration, which would put the total number of arrests at eight.
They claim that one of the women arrested after the protest did not partake in the demonstration at all, and was detained because she and the other two drove home in the same car used to bring the paint to Zamir’s residence.
The Times of Israel Community.