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Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Protesters block Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway in call to pursue hostage deal over occupying Gaza
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Dozens of protesters are blocking traffic on Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway during a demonstration against the government’s widely-reported plan to forgo negotiating a hostage deal in favor of occupying the Gaza Strip.
The protesters made their way to the highway after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a limited security meeting earlier today, in which it was reportedly decided to occupy the parts of Gaza that are not yet controlled by the IDF.
עשרות מפגינים למען שחרור החטופים חוסמים את איילון דרום ליד מחלף השלום והציתו צמיגים. במקביל מאות מפגינים נמצאים באזור הקריה במסגרת משמרת 101 של משפחות החטופים pic.twitter.com/YOjjmL11jv
— Bar Peleg (@bar_peleg) August 5, 2025
Elsewhere in Tel Aviv, activists from the Shift 101 protest group rally outside the IDF military headquarters to demand the release of the hostages, where they are joined by relatives of the hostages, including Viki Cohen, the mother of hostage Nimrod Cohen.
The Times of Israel Community.