Former IDF chief of staff Moshe Ya'alon joins a protest in the central city of Rehovot calling on the government to close a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, September 7, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Movement/Meir Conforti)
Moshe Ya’alon, a former IDF chief of staff who served as a Likud defense minister under Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu but is now a major critic, joins a protest in the central city of Rehovot calling on the government to close a hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas.
Ya’alon leads the protest march along with relatives of hostages held by Hamas since October 7, holding a sign that reads, “Until they’re home, we’re in the streets.”
Further north, protesters block the HaOgen Junction in Netanya the Karkur junction at Pardes Hanna.
In Tel Aviv, dozens of cyclists ride wearing orange t-shirts in honor of Yarden and Shira Bibas and their two young sons, who were kidnapped from their home on Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7 and have been held in Gaza since.
Cyclists wear orange T-shirts as they take part in a demonstration in honor of the Bibas family, held hostage by Hamas since October 7, in Tel Aviv, September 7, 2024. (Pro-Democracy Movement/Sharon Ben-Porath)
Tens of thousands of Israelis are set to rally around the country for a hostage deal and new elections this evening as pressure grows on the government to reach an agreement with Hamas in Gaza.
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