Police detain two protesters as Begin Road anti-government hostage protest winds down

By Noam Lehmann 8 February 2025, 10:28 pm 4 Edit

Demonstrators protest calling for the release of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside the IDF's Kirya Base in Tel Aviv, February 8, 2025. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)

Police detained at least two people at an anti-government, pro-hostage deal protest in Tel Aviv this evening, according to a legal group that volunteers services on behalf of detained protesters.

The arrests came as the protest was winding down, with the vast majority of protesters having dispersed.

Some stay on the street after police orders them onto the sidewalk. A police officer tells angry protesters that one of the detainees had used force against a cop.

Chanting “Shame,” some two dozen protesters surround the vehicle in which the detainees are being held. An officer shoves some of them onto the sidewalk to clear a path for the car to drive north to the nearby Tel Aviv station.

Traffic resumes in both directions of Begin Road.