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Thousands of Israelis returned to the streets this Saturday to protest against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu a ceasefire agreement in Linkwhich allows the release of the 116 hostages who remain in the Strip, on a day in which the successful rescue of four captives was also celebrated.
This is the first good news about those kidnapped since February, when the Army rescued two hostages in Rafabut since then has only obtained intelligence information to confirm further deaths among the captives or capture their bodies.
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For months now, every Saturday night they have gathered in Tel Aviv two major demonstrations, by critics with Netanyahu who call for early elections due to his management of the war; and that of the families of the hostages and disappeared, who demand a agreement for his release.
“We are losing everything, crops are burning, tourism is collapsing, small businesses that are still operating are going bankrupt and, worst of all, our communities are collapsing.“said the pro-democracy activist Reut Forstner Avrahamone of the speakers at the anti-government protest.
The protesters recriminated the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahuwho rushed to the hospital to take photos with the four hostages rescued in Nuseirat, in the center of the Strip, –in an operation in which at least 210 Palestinians died-; when he refused to sign an agreement with Hamas for his release and barely met the families of the captives.
The hostages rescued alive are Noa Argamani, 25 years old, Almog Meir Jan21, Andrey Kozlov27 and Shlomi Ziv, 40, who was kidnapped by Hamas at ‘music festival’Will not‘on October 7th.
Everyone was taken to the hospital Sabbat in Tel Aviv after his rescue, but Argamani was transferred this afternoon to Ichilov Hospital, where his mother, terminally ill with cancer, is hospitalized. Her last wish was to be reunited with her daughter, which is why this young woman’s case occupied much of today’s rescue news.
The former head of Army intelligence, Amos Malkadescribed in his speech at the protest that the rescue mission as “an incredible operational success in a sea of strategic failures”, and was very critical of the Prime Minister.
Protesters demand Netanyahu accept the truce proposal presented by the American president, Joe Bidena week ago, which included a second phase that included the cessation of hostilities and the departure of the troops, after having released all the civilian hostages alive.
However, the Prime Minister refuses to end the war, as demanded HamasTherefore, negotiations have remained paralyzed since November, when the only truce was signed.
Source: Elcomercio
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