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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 435

Ayalon Highway

Israelis call for a ceasefire-hostage deal to secure the release of those held captive by the Hamas terror group in Gaza; Tel Aviv, September 7, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
September 8, 2024, 3:39 am
Organizers claim largest-ever rally in Tel Aviv as calls for hostage deal intensify
Groups behind demonstrations estimate 500,000 at main protest, 250,000 at other rallies around country; police scuffle with activists blocking roads, arrest five
By Noam Lehmann, Iddo Schejter, Elana Kirsh and ToI Staff
Protesters block Ayalon Highway with banner reading 'Enough of this destructive government' in Tel Aviv, July 4, 2024. (Aviv Atlas)
July 4, 2024, 11:27 am
Protesters block major highways as they call for elections, hostage deal
Demonstrators briefly prevent traffic flow on Ayalon Highway and routes 2 and 4, before removal by police
By ToI Staff
Demonstrators protest after the IDF's announcement of the deaths of four hostages in Hamas captivity, outside the Kirya military base in Tel Aviv, June 3, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
June 4, 2024, 9:43 am
Protesters block Tel Aviv highway, urging hostage deal after 4 captives declared dead
Daughter-in-law of dead hostage: The blood is on hands of Netanyahu, government; activists light bonfire after midnight in spontaneous rally after IDF announcement; 2 said arrested
By ToI Staff
Heavy traffic on the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, May 30, 2024. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
May 30, 2024, 7:58 pm
Massive traffic as central Israel highway closes for 24 hours under Haredi pressure
Major project to install pedestrian bridge over Ayalon Highway carried out overnight Thursday-Friday as ultra-Orthodox prevent work on weekend, which would violate Shabbat
By Stuart Winer
Israelis block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, during a protest calling for the release of Israelis held by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, May 8, 2024. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
May 8, 2024, 10:48 am
Protesters briefly block Tel Aviv highway to demand deal freeing hostages in Gaza
Unfurling banner calling on Israel to save who it still can, Women’s March protest group says Israeli delegation cannot return from Cairo negotiations without an agreement
By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
Protesters hold a banner reading 'It's either Rafah or the hostages: Choose life' as they block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv during a demonstration calling for the release of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, May 2, 2024. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)
May 2, 2024, 11:56 am
Protesters block Tel Aviv highway demanding deal: ‘It’s either Rafah or the hostages’
As Netanyahu vows IDF will enter southern Gaza city regardless of potential truce with Hamas, protesters place giant photos of female captives outside PM’s Jerusalem home
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Naama Lazimi attends a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset on December 18, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
April 2, 2024, 10:01 pm
Report: Police seek to open probe of MK for taking part in highway-blocking protest
Labor lawmaker Naama Lazimi says investigation is ‘a warning light that should concern all of us,’ adding a message to Ben Gvir: ‘I’m not afraid of you’
By ToI Staff
Activists block a highway as they demand the release of the hostages from Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, March 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)
March 20, 2024, 11:21 am
Calling for hostage release deal, families and supporters block Tel Aviv highway
Protesters standing in Ayalon Highway unfurl banner depicting three members of war cabinet and declaring that reaching an agreement ‘is on you’
By ToI Staff
Standing behind a flaming "HELP" slogan, families and supporters of hostages held in Gaza block Tel Aviv's Ayalon highway, February 3, 2024 (Courtesy/Protest Groups)
February 4, 2024, 9:57 am
Scuffles as hostages’ families, supporters block key Tel Aviv highway to demand deal
Protesters display banners calling on National Unity party to condition remaining in government on agreement with Hamas to release abductees; police, some on horseback, clear road
By ToI Staff
Screen capture from video of Michal Weizman, left, and Roy Oz, riding a horse along the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, September 6, 2023. (X. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
September 7, 2023, 11:05 am
Children’s TV stars horse around on Tel Aviv highway
Police issue NIS 1,000 fine after actors Michal Weizman and Roy Oz ride filly along Ayalon freeway to cheer people up
By Stuart Winer
Anti-overhaul activists protest against the judicial overhaul outside the home of Minister of Strategic Affairs Ron Dermer in Jerusalem on August 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 10, 2023, 11:29 pm
Anti-overhaul protesters block Tel Aviv highway, rally outside ministers’ homes
Activists demonstrate against government’s judicial shakeup across the country; overhaul supporters protest at chief justice’s house
By ToI Staff
Israelis block the Ayalon Highway during a protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul and in response to the removal of Tel Aviv District Commander Amichai Eshed in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2023. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90
July 6, 2023, 9:25 pm
Photographer hit by car at Tel Aviv protest questioned for ‘breaching public order’
Police tell man who was run over by driver he is suspected of participating in blocking of Ayalon Highway on Wednesday
By Gianluca Pacchiani
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich attends a discussion about the state budget, during a Finance Committee meeting at the Knesset, July 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 6, 2023, 1:19 pm
Smotrich backs brother’s support for driver who plowed through Tel Aviv protesters
Tuvia Smotrich shares video of vehicle pushing through rally without causing injury, says he sees an ‘upstanding person’ exercising his right to freedom of movement
By ToI Staff
Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, March 30, 2023. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 30, 2023, 10:55 pm
‘They’re stealing the election’: Thousands attend Tel Aviv rally backing overhaul
10 arrested for blocking main highway; Demonstrators carry signs reading ‘I’m a second-class citizen,’ some chant ‘Arabs are whores,’ ‘may your village burn,’ ‘Kahane lives on’
By Carrie Keller-Lynn and ToI Staff
Workers on Tel Aviv's Ayalon Highway work to examine and fill up a hole in the road after observing sinking asphalt, March 19, 2023. (Ayalon Highways Co.)
March 19, 2023, 4:24 pm
Lanes in Tel Aviv highway blocked due to sinking asphalt, causing traffic
Ayalon Highway Company’s engineers expand hole in a southbound lane to examine why it opened up
By ToI Staff
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