World News / 02 September 2024
Progress and heartbreak in Gaza
Thousands of protestors have taken to the streets in major Israeli cities after the recovery of 6 more hostages’ bodies from a tunnel in Gaza. The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) says the group was killed by Hamas militants not long before they were found – and includes an Israeli-American citizen. The discovery of the bodies has sparked outrage in Israel, with the chairman of the nation’s largest labour union calling for a nationwide strike. Overnight, tens of thousands of protestors flooded the streets in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem, Haifa and other cities, calling for PM Benjamin Netanyahu to strike a deal with Hamas to release the remaining hostages and end the war. It comes amid a temporary pause in fighting to allow for a vaccination program to immunise 640,000 children against polio, after the territory’s first case in 25 years was found last month.
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