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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 531

Iddo Schejter

Israelis block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv as they protest Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's decision to fire Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, November 5, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
November 6, 2024, 4:39 am
Protesters take to streets after Gallant fired; crowds much smaller than previous time
Angry demonstrations erupt in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere; while attendance down, turnout exceeds limit on crowd sizes permitted by IDF guidelines amid risk of rocket attacks
By Noam Lehmann and Iddo Schejter
Protesters against the government and for a hostage deal rally on Tel Aviv's Begin Road, September 14, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
September 15, 2024, 2:05 am
At mass rally, family airs recording of hostage Matan Angrest urging PM to sign deal
15 arrested in Tel Aviv as protest in favor of deal merges with anti-government groups, drawing hundreds of thousands; hostage families react to ‘horrific’ video from Gaza tunnel
By Noam Lehmann, Iddo Schejter and ToI Staff
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
Demonstrators gather for an anti-government protest calling for action to release the hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip and for a deal to release them, near the Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024. Banner reads 'Hersh won't come home.' (Menahem Kahana / AFP)
September 3, 2024, 2:17 am
Police use considerable force near PM’s home to disperse protesters urging hostage deal
At least 12 arrests, ToI reporter grabbed by the throat, in Jerusalem; demos also held outside Netanyahu’s Caesarea residence and in Tel Aviv, where Ayalon Freeway blocked
By Iddo Schejter, Gavriel Fiske and ToI Staff
Demonstrators clash with police during a protest calling for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip outside Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, June 8, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
June 9, 2024, 3:21 am
Protesters nationwide hail hostage rescue, urge deal to free the rest; 33 arrested
Tel Aviv police disperse crowd with water cannon; rallies also held in Jerusalem, Caesarea, Herzliya; Netanyahu slammed for visiting rescued captives but ignoring grieving families
By Iddo Schejter, Jessica Steinberg and Charlie Summers
Demonstrators clash with police during a protest calling for the release of hostages held by terror groups in the Gaza Strip since October 7 and against the government near the IDF's Hakirya Base in Tel Aviv, May 11, 2024. (Itai Ron/Flash90)
May 12, 2024, 3:37 am
Families mourn murdered hostages before Memorial Day; rallies urge deal; 3 arrests
Water cannon and mounted police deploy in Tel Aviv; anti-Netanyahu protests held in numerous locations, including outside his official residence in Jerusalem
By Charlie Summers and Iddo Schejter
Israeli activists hold placards during an anti-government demonstration in Tel Aviv, on May 4, 2024. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
May 5, 2024, 5:20 am
Protesters block roads, clash with cops as PM accused of scorning hostage deal
Three arrested, including ex-aide to MK, at anti-government demonstrations with hostage families to protest prolongment of war and decry Netanyahu’s insistence on Rafah operation
By Charlie Summers and Iddo Schejter
Families of hostages and their supporters block the Ayalon Highway on April 27, 2024, as they demand a deal to release their loved ones. The Hebrew letter spells out the word "Enough. (Amir Goldstein: Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
April 28, 2024, 4:32 am
Galvanized by signs of life, thousands rally for hostage deal and against government
Massive march in the heart of Jerusalem unites hostage families and anti-gov’t protesters; dozens block major highway in Tel Aviv, light fires on road spelling out ‘Enough’
By Charlie Summers, Iddo Schejter and Canaan Lidor
Demonstrators at rally for hostages held captive by Hamas hold a picture of US-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin near the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on April 20, 2024. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)
April 21, 2024, 2:29 am
Weekly rallies juxtapose Passover themes with enduring captivity of hostages
Two days before Jewish holiday of freedom, protesters demand hostage deal, slam government: ‘Instead of sitting at the Seder table, you should be sitting at the negotiating table’
By Charlie Summers, Iddo Schejter and Jessica Steinberg
Large crowds hold an anti-government protest at the junction of Tel Aviv's Kaplan and Begin streets, April 13, 2024 (Pro-Democracy Protest Movementת @Sha_b_p)
April 13, 2024, 10:38 pm
Tens of thousands at weekly anti-government, hostage release rallies
Large crowds in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and other locations as country braces for Iranian attack; as army limits public gatherings, protest leader says government stifling rallies
By Iddo Schejter and ToI Staff
A man is knocked over by a police horse as protests in Tel Aviv are dispersed, April 6, 2024. (Iddo Schejter/Times of Israel)
April 7, 2024, 4:57 am
Car rams protesters, injuring 5, as large crowds in Tel Aviv demand hostage deal
Tens of thousands also rally against government, call for early elections at nationwide protests marking six months since October 7; police retract claim officer was punched
By Iddo Schejter, Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers
Protesters light a bonfire during a protest for the Israeli hostages held in Gaza since the October 7 attacks by Hamas terrorists, on March 30, 2024,. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
March 31, 2024, 2:55 am
After nearly six months of war, hostages’ families join with anti-government rallies
‘We will not meet here again,’ says father of abductee at Tel Aviv’s Hostages’ Square rally; tens of thousands at protests across Israel; over a dozen arrested in clashes with police
By Charlie Summers, Iddo Schejter, Jessica Steinberg and Canaan Lidor
An anti-government demonstrator wearing a costume of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a prison jumpsuit protests outside the IDF's Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv on March 23, 2024. (Erik Marmor/Flash90)
March 24, 2024, 2:46 am
Thousands attend weekly anti-government, hostage protests with Purim themes
Speakers at both sets of rallies liken Gaza captives to Purim story heroine; 10 arrested at demo in Tel Aviv where participants blocked roads, lit bonfires outside minister’s home
By Iddo Schejter, Canaan Lidor and Charlie Summers
Relatives and supporters of the Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas terror group block a road during a rally calling for their release, in Tel Aviv, March 16, 2024. (AP/Ohad Zwigenberg)
March 17, 2024, 4:02 am
Police clash with protesters in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem at weekly Saturday night rallies
Protesters in both cities block major roads after speeches by hostages’ families; demonstrators in capital scuffle with police for first time since Oct. 7
By Charlie Summers and Iddo Schejter
Police use water cannons on protesters blocking the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv on March 9, 2024. (Adar Eyal/Israeli Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
March 10, 2024, 1:13 am
Protesters, police clash following rallies focused on plight of female hostages
Two Tel Aviv protests held block apart, both using Women’s Day as theme; rally for hostages disperses peacefully, while anti-gov’t protesters spar with cops before heading home
By Iddo Schejter, Charlie Summers and Canaan Lidor
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