Israeli police break up rally in Tel Aviv protesting war on Gaza
JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli police on Tuesday evening broke up a rally in Tel Aviv protesting the war on Gaza, according to Israeli media.
Haaretz daily reported that the police aggressively dispersed the rally, claiming that it “harms the feelings of the public” and that it was “illegal”.
Police officers were seen confiscating a banner saying “Stop the Massacre” in Gaza.
The Walla news website also reported that the Israeli police preemptively blocked an anti-war rally in Haifa.
The rally was called by Israeli human rights groups including the Democratic Front for Peace and Equality, a leftist rights group, to demand a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoners swap deal, according to Walla.
Recent weeks have seen growing calls in Israel for an end to the war on Gaza after it has gone on for three months without achieving any of its goals, mainly the defeat of Palestinian group Hamas.
Israel has killed at least 24,285 Palestinians, mostly women and children, and 61,154 injured in Gaza since Oct. 7, according to Palestinian health authorities.
According to the UN, 85% of the population of Gaza is internally displaced amid acute shortages of food, clean water, and medicine, while 60% of the enclave’s infrastructure has been damaged or destroyed.
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