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Police reportedly stepped in, cleared the highway of protesters and arrested nine of them.
Israeli police arrested nine protesters on Wednesday who blocked a highway near Tel Aviv to demand early elections and a prisoner swap deal with Palestinian resistance forces.
According to Anadolu Agency, protesters held a huge banner reading “Enough of destroying the government”, blocked traffic at Morasha intersection and burned tires on the road.
Police reportedly stepped in, cleared the highway of protesters and arrested nine of them.
“Seeing children buried under the rubble and being pulled out by older children was enough for me. I believe it is enough for anyone who has ever felt silenced by the lobby, that we will not give in but overcome the barriers they put in place and speak truth to power.”
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— The Palestine Chronicle (@PalestineChron) July 9, 2024
In recent weeks, Israeli opposition parties and families of Israeli prisoners held in Gaza have intensified protests to pressure the Israeli government to reach a prisoner swap agreement with the Hamas group.
This week, Israeli delegations have traveled to the capitals of Cairo and Doha, respectively, and indirect talks have resumed.
Efforts to secure a ceasefire have so far been unsuccessful, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists on continuing the war until the Hamas group in Gaza is completely defeated.
The genocide continues
Israel, which is currently on trial in the International Court of Justice for genocide against Palestinians, has been waging a devastating war on the Gaza Strip since October 7.
According to the Gaza Ministry of Health, 38,243 Palestinians Killed88,033 people have been injured in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza since it began on October 7.
In addition, at least 11,000 people are still missing in the Gaza Strip, presumed dead under the rubble of their homes.
Israel said that 1,200 soldiers and civilians died in Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on October 7. Israeli media reported that many Israelis were killed by “friendly fire” that day.
Palestinian and international organizations said most of the dead and injured were women and children.
The Israeli war led to severe famine, mainly in northern Gaza, and killed many Palestinians, most of them children.
The Israeli aggression has also resulted in the displacement of nearly 2 million people across the Gaza Strip, with the vast majority of the displaced forced into the densely populated southern city of Rafah near the Egyptian border, the largest Palestinian exodus since the 1948 Nakba.
In the later stages of the war, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians began to migrate from southern Gaza to central Gaza in search of safety.
(PC, Anadolu Agency)
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