Jerusalem: Thousands of Israelis calling for boosted efforts to free the hostages held in Gaza and the ouster of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu marched in Jerusalem Sunday, the second consecutive night of mass protests.
Demonstrators blocked a main city highway after earlier rallying in front of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving Israeli flags.Police used water cannon against them, jostling and pushing protesters back as they shouted that Netanyahu 'must go.' Demonstrators blocked a main city highway, lighting fires and waving Israeli flags © AHMAD GHARABLI / AFPProtesters claimed the Jerusalem protest was the biggest since the war in Gaza broke out in October.
Protester Dana Rabfogel Shor, who demonstrated on both nights, said that anger at Netanyahu over the Hamas's October 7 attack and his handling of the country was reaching boiling point.'People are raging, they are tired, they want elections. They blame Bibi and the government, which says it is not responsible for anything,' she said.The art therapist from Tel Aviv held a placard with a picture of her distant cousin Itay Svirsky, who was killed in the Hamas attack.
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