Some 300 people begin blocking traffic on Tel Aviv’s Begin Street, outside the Kirya military headquarters, for the third consecutive day of protests to demand a hostages-for-ceasefire deal, after the IDF recovered six recently slain captives from Gaza over the weekend.
A man wearing a mask with the face of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lies on the street next to a mock grave. “I added clauses. Hostages died. Sorry,” reads a sign on the floor in front of the premier’s likeness.
Protesters accuse Netanyahu of thwarting a deal with 11th-hour demands for Israel to retain control of the Philadelphi Corridor separating Gaza from Egypt.
One protester holds a sign reading: “In the third temple, Netanyahu offers human sacrifice.” The protesters chant “the hostages are in Gaza for too many hours, the blood is on the hands of the horror government,” as others yell “it’s now or never — there’s a deal on the table.”
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