Following two separate days of mass protest calling for a deal to release the hostages held in Gaza, relatives of the captives are planning to shift tactics and confront politicians directly, Channel 12 reports.
The network says the hostages’ relatives hope to “disrupt the day” of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and cabinet ministers, including by protesting outside their homes on a daily basis. The families also plan to protest government and cabinet meetings, as a group did earlier today.
Protesters also plan to obstruct the politicians’ movements, the report says, in an effort to constantly remind them of the hostages’ plight.
The report comes at the end of a day of mass protest, culminating in a rally that is said to have drawn hundreds of thousands to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square. Earlier in the day, amid the demonstrations, the security cabinet met and reportedly did not discuss a temporary ceasefire and hostage release deal that Hamas claims to have accepted.
A similar day of mass protest took place on August 17.
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