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 evening of mass protests.

Demonstrators blocked a major metropolis freeway after earlier rallying in entrance of the Israeli parliament, lighting fires and waving Israeli flags.

Police used water cannon in opposition to them, jostling and pushing protesters again as they shouted that Netanyahu “must go”.

Protesters claimed the Jerusalem protest was the largest because the conflict in Gaza broke out in October.

Pressure has been rising on Netanyahu as these against his ring-wing authorities and the hostages’ households have discovered widespread trigger.

Families of the hostages held in Gaza say they are going to take to the streets each evening this week in a bid to “bring them home”.

Thousands who gathered Saturday in two separate protests in Tel Aviv Israel’s largest metropolis blocked town major motorway for almost two hours.

Others picketed Netanyahu’s Jerusalem house Saturday chanting slogans and calling for him to stop.

Protester Dana Rabfogel Shor, who demonstrated on each nights, instructed AFP that anger at Netanyahu over the Hamas’s October 7 assault and his dealing with of the nation was reaching boiling level.

“People are raging, they are tired, they want elections. They blame Bibi and the government, which says it is not responsible for anything,” she stated.

The artwork therapist from Tel Aviv held a placard with an image of her distant cousin Itay Svirsky, who was killed within the Hamas assault.

Many protesters carried placards of Netanyahu’s face coated in blood, accusing him of failing to guard the nation from Hamas.

“UR the boss, UR to blame,” learn messages written on indicators held by the protesters. Others stated “Elections now!”

Even earlier than the conflict, Netanyahu who stated he’s having to bear hernia surgical procedure confronted months of road protests over controversial judicial reform.

Hamas militants seized about 250 hostages on October 7, of whom Israel believes 130 stay in Gaza, together with 33 who’re presumed lifeless.

Israel has been traumatised by the unprecedented Hamas assault that resulted in about 1,160 deaths in Israel, largely civilians, in keeping with an AFP tally of Israeli official figures.

Israel’s retaliatory marketing campaign has killed at the least 32,782 individuals, largely girls and kids, in keeping with the well being ministry in Hamas-run Gaza.

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