Hostages’ families, anti-government protesters to set up tent city outside Knesset

Anti-government groups and hostages’ families are readying to set up a tent city for four days outside the Knesset to demand a deal to free their loved ones, and new elections.

The four-day protest will see nightly rallies in the capital.

Tonight at 6:15 p.m., protesters will begin a march from Givat Ram to the Knesset, ahead of a 7 p.m. demonstration.

Speakers will include: Opposition Leader Yair Lapid; Shirel Hogeg, whose family members were wounded on October 7 at Kibbutz Kfar Aza; Sigalit Hillel, whose son Uri Tchernihovski was murdered at the Nova party; Yaakov Godo, whose son Tom was murdered at Kissufim; Rabbi Benny Lau; protest leader Moshe Radman; and Dina Zilber, a former deputy attorney general.

Last night, tens of thousands of people turned out for mass protests nationwide, as the weekly demonstrations in Tel Aviv by the hostages’ families took a dramatic turn when speakers called on attendees to “take to the streets” and join the anti-government protesters in the heart of the city, announcing an apparent discontinuation of the separate gathering.