Dozens of protesters demanding the government reach a hostage deal in upcoming negotiations are marching down Ruppin Street in Jerusalem from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office to the Knesset building.
Police are currently refraining from intervening in the march as protesters partially block the road, chanting that the hostages’ time has run out.
The demonstrators are being led by family members of the hostages, including Ayala Metzger, the daughter-in-law of 80-year-old Yoram Metzger, who has been held in Gaza along with 129 others since October 7.
Metzger’s mother-in-law Tamar was released from captivity as part of a partial hostage deal between Israel and Hamas during November’s ceasefire.
Earlier during the demonstration, protesters attempted to block cars escorting Likud ministers Avi Dichter and Miri Regev from entering the premises of the Prime Minister’s Office.
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