Post by sevenofnine on May 13, 2024 11:08:10 GMT -5
Now they call a new govt election
At the weekly protest in Jerusalem, Amos Cividalli was handing out small pieces of adhesive tape with the number "218" written on them.
The figure represents the number of days the estimated remaining 128 hostages in Gaza have been held by Hamas and other militant groups since the terror attacks on October 7.
"I don't have much trust in the government and we're afraid they're not doing enough, they're not doing enough to bring them home," Cividalli, a regular at the protests, told DW. Just like him, thousands of Israelis took to the streets across the country on Saturday night to demand a hostage deal and new elections.
The mood was somber at this weekend's protest, just ahead of Israel's first Memorial Day to remember fallen soldiers and civilian victims of the terror attacks after October 7. More than seven months on, the war in Gaza has killed at least 35,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. About 1,600 Israelis have died — most of them civilians killed on October 7 — including 620 soldiers, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
www.dw.com/en/amid-israels-rafah-offensive-anger-grows-among-protesters/a-69066335
At the weekly protest in Jerusalem, Amos Cividalli was handing out small pieces of adhesive tape with the number "218" written on them.
The figure represents the number of days the estimated remaining 128 hostages in Gaza have been held by Hamas and other militant groups since the terror attacks on October 7.
"I don't have much trust in the government and we're afraid they're not doing enough, they're not doing enough to bring them home," Cividalli, a regular at the protests, told DW. Just like him, thousands of Israelis took to the streets across the country on Saturday night to demand a hostage deal and new elections.
The mood was somber at this weekend's protest, just ahead of Israel's first Memorial Day to remember fallen soldiers and civilian victims of the terror attacks after October 7. More than seven months on, the war in Gaza has killed at least 35,000 Palestinians, according to the Hamas-run Health Ministry. About 1,600 Israelis have died — most of them civilians killed on October 7 — including 620 soldiers, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
www.dw.com/en/amid-israels-rafah-offensive-anger-grows-among-protesters/a-69066335
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