Protesters are rallying outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, calling on his government to fully implement the hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas that came into effect on Sunday.
The protest comes after Hamas this morning released, as part of the nascent accord, four female IDF soldiers who were kidnapped on October 7, 2023, and held in Gaza for 477 days.
“Continue the deal, stop the war!” demonstrators chant to the beat of drums.
Near the main rally stage, young activists sit on the pavement wearing yellow blindfolds, holding posters of hostages who remain in Hamas captivity.
Four other activists stand above those on the ground — two girls embrace each other as the others enclose them in a picture frame that reads: “This is the picture of victory.”
Following speeches to be given outside Netanyahu’s home, demonstrators plan to march to Ben Yehuda Street.
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