Gaza border residents protest a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas outside Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv, November 15th, 2018 (Credit: Tamara Zieve)
Gaza border residents protest a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas outside Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv, November 15th, 2018 (Credit: Tamara Zieve)
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Hundreds of residents of Gaza border communities protested in front of the Azrieli Center in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, seeking to convey the message: “the residents of the south are saying ‘enough’!”
This marks the third day in a row that Gaza border residents have held protests since the announcement of the ceasefire with Hamas, as residents of the south see the latest ceasefire as fragile and temporary as the previous ones have been.
On Tuesday and Wednesday protests were held in communities in the south, burning tires, blocking roads as well as blocking supply trucks trying to enter the Gaza Strip via the Kerem Shalom border crossing. In addition, youths went on strike, skipping school to demonstrate.
On Thursday, they decided to take the protest to Tel Aviv and block major roads there in a bid to garner attention in the center.
The event organizers are calling for a long-term solution “because our children deserve to grow up in peace.”
Their protest came after a fierce barrage of nearly 500 rockets on Monday and Tuesday fired by Hamas and other terrorist groups toward Israel. The barrage was the largest number of rockets ever fired at Israel from the enclave within a 25-hour period.
Regional Cooperation Minister Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud) came under heavy scrutiny on Thursday for saying the wave of violence was “minor” as it did not target Tel Aviv, a statement which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu distanced himself from later in the evening, saying, “the security of the south is the same as the security as the rest of Israel.” Thursday’s protest in Tel Aviv was planned well in advance of Hanegbi’s comments.
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