A small group of protesters, including relatives of hostages held in Gaza, is attempting to reach the Kerem Shalom crossing in order to picket trucks going in, demanding that aid be cut off until the captives are freed.
Part of the group is initially stopped by a roadblock but then makes it through, walking several kilometers toward the crossing for a second day in a row. Other protesters are reportedly at the crossing already.
Protesters walking toward the Kerem Shalom crossing with Gaza on January 25, 2024. (Eli Katzoff/Times of Israel)
Among the approximately three dozen protesting is Danny Elgarat, a former Ashdod police commander whose brother Itzik Elgarat and brother-in-law Alex Danzig were kidnapped from Nir Oz.
“Nobody can stop us… from blocking the trucks in Gaza,” Elgarat says. “Because the prime minister didn’t do it, so we will do it instead of him.”
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