Thousands of Israelis gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem in largest antigovernment demonstration since the country went to war.
Tens of thousands of Israelis thronged central Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest antigovernment protest since the country went to war in October. Protesters urged the government to reach a cease-fire deal to free dozens of hostages held in Gaza by Hamas militants and to hold early elections. Israeli society was broadly united immediately after Oct. 7, when Hamas killed some 1,200 people during a cross-border attack and took 250 others hostage.
“There is no victory without going into Rafah,' he said, adding that U.S. pressure would not deter him. Israel's military says Hamas battalions remain there. In another reminder of Israel's divisions, a group of reservists and retired officers demonstrated in an ultra-Orthodox neighborhood. Ultra-Orthodox men for generations have received exemptions from military service, which is compulsory for most Jewish men and women. Resentment over that has deepened during the war.
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