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From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Hostages’ relatives block Tel Aviv highway: ‘Whoever abandoned them, must return them’
Hostage families and other protesters block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on July 16, 2024 (Aviv Atlas/Pro-democracy protest groups)
Demonstrators demanding the return of hostages block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, demanding a deal to secure their return.
The protesters, many of them relatives of those held in Gaza, hold a banner depicting the faces of the hostages with the statement, “whoever abandoned them, must return them.”
The protesters, blocking the road at the Ha’Shalom Interchange on the southbound highway, shout “stop the world, our children and parents are there.”
The protest comes as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to meet with the families of the IDF surveillance soldiers killed on the Nahal Oz military base during the October 7 Hamas assault.
