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From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 22, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Friday, August 22, 2025
Pro-hostage deal protesters block Ayalon Highway
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleProtesters for a hostage deal block traffic in both directions on the Ayalon highway, near Tel Aviv’s Hashalom interchange.
Footage on social media shows the demonstrators unfurling banners reading “Stop until they’re all back” and setting up a table for a Shabbat meal.
Hebrew media quote the protesters as saying that while Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu “sits at the Shabbat table, hostage families are forced to spend Friday in fear for the fate of their loved ones.”
They say “there is a deal on the table” and demand Netanyahu accept it.
פעילים למען החטופים חוסמים את נתיבי איילון במחלף השלום | @lee_ayash pic.twitter.com/pbsVtxngXB
— i24NEWS (@i24NEWS_HE) August 22, 2025
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