Nearly 300 thousand people marched in London. There are tens of thousands more in Paris, Brussels and other European cities, including Italian cities. All demonstrations called for expressing solidarity with the civilian population of the Gaza Strip and demanding a ceasefire. Tel Aviv Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is accused. Thousands of demonstrators, who had to face Israeli protests at the same time, took to the streets in different parts of the country and asked the government to guarantee the immediate release of the hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7.
The main demonstration took place in front of the Tel Aviv museum, which was called “Hostage Square” by protesters. Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and representatives of the hostages’ families were also present at the march. Noam Perry, the daughter of a 79-year-old woman held by terrorists, said: “Prime Minister, cabinet members, don’t talk to me about conquest, don’t talk to me about destruction. Don’t talk at all. Take action, bring them home now.”
During the demonstration, clashes occurred from time to time between marchers and those supporting the prime minister. Netanyahu is accused of deliberately overshadowing the issue of around 240 hostages, according to Tel Aviv. In the coastal city of Caesarea, where the prime minister’s private residence is located, protesters demanded the prime minister’s resignation. “The government’s decision is clear: there will be no ceasefire without the return of our hostages,” Netanyahu responded at the press conference.
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