Thousands of people protested Saturday in Tel Aviv and other parts of Israel, demanding that the Israeli government reach an agreement on the release of hostages in the Gaza Strip and call for Benjamin Netanyahu’s resignation during increasingly open criticism of his management of the war.

According to the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons, every Saturday tens of thousands of mobilized people came out to support relatives of captives at an event in the center of Tel Aviv, where they assured that “Time’s up, it’s time for an agreement” after 106 days of Hamas takeover in the Strip since the war began on October 7.

In turn, there was demonstrations in places such as Jerusalem or the city of Caesarea, where Netanyahu has a private residence, in front of which, since yesterday, relatives of the hostages have been camping and protesting, demanding that the prime minister change his policy in the Gaza Strip, which implies a pact for the freedom of their loved ones.

Moreover, many protesters They also demanded that elections be called. given the loss of confidence among sections of the population in the leadership of the Israeli executive while the war with Hamas in the Gaza Strip continues and more voices appear to be emerging criticizing the management of the conflict.

“The government that abandoned us on October 7 Since then he continues to leave us every day: evacuees from the northern and southern borders, families of victims, reservists, hostages,” said Noam Alon, whose brother, a soldier, was killed while trying to clear an Israeli city of Hamas militants.

“The power to change and correct is in our hands,” he said from the stage. “This government needs to go home. Now”.

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And the crowd shouted back: “Now!”.

Among Netanyahu’s critics, many believe that the prime minister wants to prolong the war for the sake of his own political survival and avoid scrutiny for failing to foresee the October 7 Hamas attack that started the war and resulted in the deaths of some 1,200 people in Israel and 240 hostages taken to the Gaza Strip.

Of these, 110 were released, most during the week-long truce in late November between Israel and Hamas.

At all, Families of Netanyahu hostages are growing dissatisfied Although he insists that the path of military pressure is the appropriate way to achieve their release, but this does not convince many sectors, although they see how the death of some prisoners was announced, three of whom were even killed as a result of erroneous shots. Israeli army in December.

From the very beginning of the war, the Israeli government determined its priorities completely eradicate Hamas from Gaza and release the captives. However, according to senior army officials cited by the newspaper today New York TimesBoth goals are incompatible at the same time, and if the Gaza offensive continues at this intensity, it will likely end the lives of the captives.

(according to information from EFE And Reuters)