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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Protesters block Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv nationwide demonstrations for the hostages get underway
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Protesters are blocking the southbound traffic on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway as they kick off a day of intensive protests across Israel in support of a deal to recover the hostages and end the fighting in Gaza.
The day of action, announced by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, kicked off at 6:29 a.m. — the time that Hamas launched its attack on October 7, 2023 — with protesters unfurling Israeli flags outside the US Embassy in Tel Aviv.
Then, at 7 a.m., protests kicked off at major junctions across the country.
Organized demonstrations will be held in Tel Aviv throughout the day, and marches will be held nationwide from 2 p.m. onwards.
The day is set to culminate in the evening with a large march from the Savidor Train Station in Tel Aviv to Hostages Square, where a final protest will take place.
מפגינים למען החטופים חסמו הבוקר את נתיבי איילון דרום בפתח יום המחאה והסולידריות בדרישה לסיים את המלחמה ולהחזיר את כל החטופים.
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