Thousands of Israelis demonstrated in Tel Aviv, Haifa, and Jerusalem, demanding the dismissal of the current government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu. Israelis demonstrate almost daily to demand early elections and the release of prisoners in Gaza.
Israeli officials estimate that there are about 136 detainees in the Gaza Strip, since the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) launched - on October 7 last - Operation Al-Aqsa Flood on Israeli military points and settlements surrounding the Strip. In this attack, the Palestinian resistance captured at least 239 people in towns and cities surrounding Gaza.