As the Hamas propaganda video of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin is disseminated in the local media, Jerusalem protesters immediately head to Azza Street and the private home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. There they are holding pictures of Goldberg-Polin and other hostages and demanding a deal to bring the hostages home.
They bang on drums and scream, “It’s time to bring them home!” tossing cartons into a bonfire in the middle of the street.
One protester’s sign reads, “Hersh is alive now!”
Demonstrators protest for the release of hostages held by terror groups in Gaza since October 7, near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence in Jerusalem, following the release of a video by Hamas of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin, April 24, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
Protesters begin marching toward Paris Square, dragging police barricades from the side of the road and blocking the top of Azza Street and the intersection toward downtown Jerusalem.
Two protesters are arrested by Jerusalem police for disturbing the peace, turning over garbage cans and blocking the street, as police officers also bring a water cannon to the area.
Demonstrators are arrested outside the prime minister’s residence in Jerusalem, following the release of a video by Hamas of Israeli hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
In Tel Aviv, protesters and families of the hostages stand on Begin Street in front of the Defense Ministry, with signs that read, “Abandonment equals 133 hostages divided by 201 days.”
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