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Protesters dressed as Naama Levy block Knesset hallway in call for hostage deal
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Protesters calling for a hostage deal block a hallway in the Knesset outside the various parties’ faction rooms, preventing the passage of lawmakers and staffers.
The women are dressed as hostage Naama Levy, whose abduction from Nahal Oz with bloodstained sweatpants was seen in a harrowing video on October 7.
They had previously attended a meeting of the Knesset Committee on the Status of Women and Gender Equality where they had been invited to stand behind chairwoman National Unity MK Pnina Tamano-Shatta.
The protest follows another demonstration at the parliament earlier this morning, in which a group zip-tied themselves to chairs in the Knesset cafe.
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