Police put out bonfire at Tel Aviv rally for hostage deal; protesters light another

Demonstrators light a bonfire amid calls for a deal to release hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on Begin Street in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024. (Iddo Schejter/The Times of Israel)
Demonstrators light a bonfire amid calls for a deal to release hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, on Begin Street in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2024. (Iddo Schejter/The Times of Israel)

Like in previous weeks, protesters light a bonfire on Begin Street, which police extinguish only for another one to be lit.

Many demonstrators are holding torches, as is customary in hostage protests.

Family members of hostages are speaking one after the other, and their rhetoric is notably more combative than in previous weeks. A brother of one hostage calls to release hostages “by force” if necessary.

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