Clashes broke out between police and demonstrators in Tel Aviv on Saturday evening after a day of marches demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and the return of all hostages, according to a number of videos posted on social media.
In the videos, police officers riding horses and using water cannons in Tel Aviv’s Democracy Square can be seen trying to disperse crowds refusing to leave, leading to violent clashes.
In a separate protest, police said they arrested two people “due to disorderly conduct” after they left the approved demonstration site at the Kaplan intersection, headed to the Azrieli intersection and “lit fires and began to violate the order, without obeying police instructions.” “.
The clashes came in the wake of anti-government protest marches that took place in several cities across Israel to demand the release of hostages taken during Hamas’ surprise attack on Israel on October 7, and the holding of general elections.
About 250 people were taken hostage during Hamas’ October 7 surprise attack on southern Israel, in which 1,200 people were killed, according to Israeli officials. Since then, Israel’s retaliatory war on Hamas in Gaza has killed more than 35,000 Palestinians, according to the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza.
Many protesters in the streets of Tel Aviv, Haifa, Rehovot and elsewhere on Saturday targeted Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, accusing his government of corruption and criticizing his handling of the war against Hamas.
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