Dozens of Israelis protest, demand Netanyahu's removal
Dozens of Israelis, including families of Israeli captives, protested outside the Israeli Prime Minister's home in Qisarya.
According to Israeli Wallah! news, Dozens of Israelis, including families of Israeli captives, protested on Saturday outside the Israeli prime minister's home in occupied Qisarya, urging him not to "miss an opportunity" to bring back the captives.
The protesters held up photos of the 136 captives still in Gaza, demanding the Israeli government bring them back.
According to Israeli army radio, settlers blocked traffic and confronted the police while calling for urgent elections and the removal of Netanyahu as they protested in "Rehovot" and "Tel Aviv."
Israeli media reported that several settlers were arrested during the protests while demanding a captive exchange with the Palestinian resistance.
On Monday, a group of 20 Israeli settler protesters stormed the Knesset Finance Committee meeting in occupied al-Quds amid growing outrage over Benjamin Netanyahu’s refusal to agree to take on a deal on a ceasefire and the release of Israeli captives. The settlers demanded action from occupation lawmakers to assist in releasing their family members being held as captives.
Meanwhile, Hamas' al-Qassam Brigades published a new warning image, addressing the families of Israeli captives that if Netanyahu continues the war in the current ruthlessness, the brigades will soon announce the killing of all Israeli captives.
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— قناة الميادين (@AlMayadeenNews) January 27, 2024
On Friday, over 40 former Israeli national security officials, celebrated scientists, and prominent business leaders have called on the occupation's President to forcibly remove Benjamin Netanyahu from office for being an "existential" threat to the country.
In a letter to Israeli President Isaac Herzog, the officials hold Netanyahu "primarily responsible" for "creating the circumstances" and fragmentation within "Israel" that led to Operation Al-Aqsa Flood, including his right-wing cabinet and various policies.
A recent poll conducted by Israeli Channel 13 shed light on the current preferences for the leadership of the Israeli regime, and incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seems to be hitting absolute rock bottom at a time of war.
Last Friday, US President Joe Biden held a call with the Israeli Prime minister and urged him to end the war before the November elections, reflecting growing US concern about the continuation of the war.
Israeli captives to Netanyahu: 'Stop the war... bring us back alive'
Al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, released on Friday a recorded message from captured Israeli soldiers in the Gaza Strip, urging the Israeli authorities to stop the war so that they can return to their families.
The footage showed three female soldiers - Daniella Gilboa, Karina Ariev, and Doron Steinbrecher - stating that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the government have neglected the issue of their release, calling on their families and friends to hold protests to pressure the government to engage in an exchange deal with the Palestinian Resistance.
They called on their government to "stop the war," stressing, "We have had enough."
One soldier said, "You [Israeli gov.] killed my friends."
We are "escaping being killed at the hands of the Israeli army," one of the soldiers said, while another added that she was nearly killed in Israeli bombardments several times.
"We want to go home, now," the three captured soldiers said, addressing their government.
Earlier this month, al-Qassam published a video addressing the families of the soldiers captured in Gaza, in which they warned the settlers to be wary of their leadership.
"Warning to the families of IDF hostages: Netanyahu does not care if all the hostages are killed," the video started in Arabic, English, and Hebrew.
Hamas' military wing explained that Netanyahu does not care about the captives because "his own brother Yunatan was killed in a failed operation to release hostages."
"With his actions now, Netanyahu is sending you all a clear message: 'It is time for you to go through the same agony and pain which I went through,'" the text further read.
"Do not trust him," the video concluded by saying after showing several Israeli captives begging for their leadership to free them before they were brutally killed in the indiscriminate Israeli bombardment of Gaza.