Protests for new election, hostage deal end abruptly due to Home Front Command guidelines for potential Iran strike

The anti-government protest merges with the hostage demonstration on Begin Street in Tel Aviv, with hostage family members speaking one after the other, and ending with a reading of the names of all held in Gaza, dead and alive, by Hamas.

The demonstration ends abruptly due to guidelines published by the IDF Home Front Command calling to limit public gatherings due to the threat of an Iranian attack.

Unlike previous weeks, most demonstrators disperse. A few hundred remain despite police orders, but, unlike previous weeks, do not march onto major highways. Police eventually usher the remaining protesters to the sidewalk, unblocking the road.

Also Saturday evening, police officers clash with anti-government protestors in Caesarea in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s residence and forcibly remove them from the scene. One protestor is seen being pushed into a police van.

“Police officer, police officer, who are you protecting?” calls the crowd into megaphones. “Police officer, police officer, I’m the one you should be protecting.”

Chants are led by Yom Kippur war veterans, shouting, “You’re the leader, you’re guilty.”