A crowd of protesters gathered outside the residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding his resignation. The newspaper reports this Yedioth Ahronoth.
“Bibi, time is running out; The people demand the release of the hostages. If you resign, what else will we have to sacrifice?” – protesters chant slogans.
Israelis unhappy with Netanyahu blame him for the hostage crisis that took place on October 7, 2023, when militants of the radical Palestinian movement Hamas took him.
Hamas holds approximately 240 hostages in total, including citizens of Israel and other countries.
Before that, Adrienne Watson, head of the press service of the White House National Security Council (NSC) statedIt was stated that the agreement on the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip has not been signed yet.
Therefore, he commented on reports that a five-day ceasefire agreement would be signed between Israel and Hamas with the participation of the United States in exchange for the release of several dozen hostages.
Formerly political scientist named One of the reasons why the Palestinian-Israeli conflict flared up.