On Saturday, six Israelis held hostage by Hamas were found dead in Gaza. When the news broke, it didn’t take long for organizations to call for protests the next day.
That was also the case. During Sunday, several hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets of Israel to protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and that all the hostages have not yet returned home.
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– The demonstrators have brought out symbolic coffins as a reminder that time is running out for the part of the hostages who are still alive, says SVT’s foreign reporter Stina Blomgren, who is on site in Tel Aviv.
Hundreds of thousands on the streets
Aljazeera estimates that around half a million people are protesting around Israel, Hareetz writes that around 300,000 are in Tel Aviv alone.
Israeli media reports of blockades on highways, but also that fireworks are set off and fires are lit on the roads.
The protests are to be the largest since the war broke out, according to several media.
Several arrested during the night
Israeli media reports that around 30 people have been arrested as a result of the protests.
Police reportedly used distraction grenades against people who threw stones, nails, metal objects and fences on the roads, write Times of Israel.
Water cannons must also have been used, reports say CNN.
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See the replay from SVT’s live broadcast from Saturday. Photo: MOHAMMED SABER