AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Hundreds of Israelis reportedly hit the streets of Tel Aviv on Tuesday night again to demand the Zionist regime speed up efforts to free captives held by Palestinian resistance fighters in Gaza.
According to Palestinian Sama news agency, the protesters gathered in front of the headquarters of the Israeli Ministry of War.
“The sons and daughters of the Israeli captives and the activists demanding the release of these prisoners blocked the Begin road in front of the ministry in the Kirya area of Tel Aviv”, the Zionist Regime’s Channel 12 reported.
The action comes in protest of a campaign, that according to the families of the captives, was aimed at damaging their image and opposing an agreement for the exchange of prisoners.
The protest also took place amid reports that the Zionist authorities are trying to thwart an initiative to exchange prisoners with Hamas.
“High-ranking Israeli officials announced that Hamas has put impossible conditions and the answer is negative” Yediot Aharonot daily published a report.
As part of a week-long humanitarian ceasefire, brokered by Qatar and Egypt, fighting was paused and humanitarian aid was allowed into Gaza in December. It also saw an exchange of 240 Palestinian abductees with 105 captives, including 81 Israelis and 24 foreigners, in Gaza.
Israel believes about 137 prisoners are still being held in Gaza, while there are thought to be 7,000 Palestinians in Israeli prisons, many detained without charge.
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