Hello, im geeta guru murthy, thanks forjoining us. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army says it has recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of the 7th of october. That led to mass Demonstrations Injerusalem and Tel Aviv on sunday. Organisers are calling on Benjamin Netanyahu to negotiate a deal with hamas to bring home the estimated 100 remaining hostages. Sundays protests were largely peaceful but some crowds broke through police lines, blocking a major highway in Tel Aviv. Our correspondent is following the story. After the biggest protests in israel since the start of the war in gaza with hundreds of thousands of people demonstrating across the country, today a general strike. So thousands of businesses Will Be closed, some schools, universities, government ministries, banks, some bus networks, so we are expecting a major hit on the Economy Today in israel. The outrage against hamas is a given but these protests are not about that, they are aga
Its affecting some flights at Ben Gurion Airport in Tel Aviv and business, schools, and other forms of transport have also been hit. The stoppage is a day after the Israeli Army said it had recovered the bodies of six hostages who were taken during the attacks of 7th october. Alastair burt is a former conservative mp who served as Minister Of State for the middle east. He gave me his reaction to developments. The scale of protests is certainly unprecedented. There has been thousands of people demonstrating regularly against prime Minister Netanyahu firstly for internal political reasons, then post October The 7th lately in terms of his handling of the crisis, but the scale of the protest and the sense that the prime Ministers Strategy after October The 7th of seeking total victory of the elimination of hamas and the recovery of the hostages has proved to be a failure because it was impossible. He was advised that you couldnt do both and that advice has been borne out by experience and
York. We are following Breaking News out of the middle east, where the family of Israeli American Hostage Hersh Goldbergpolin was confirmed. He has been killed in the gaza strip. The family issued this statement just hours after the Israeli Army confirmed it had found a quote, number of bodies in gaza. It says, quote, with broken hearts. The Goldbergpolin Family is devastated to announce the Death Of their beloved son and brother, hersh. It went on to say, the family thanks you all for your Love And Support and asked for privacy at this time, there was no immediate comment from the army or details about the other bodies that were found. The White House confirms the idf found six bodies in total in underground tunnels on saturday. Hamas militants took around 250 people during its October 7th Terror Attack on israel. An estimated 104 hostages do remain in their custody. This news comes as Ceasefire And Hostage talks continue between israel and hamas, and thousands of protesters in israel
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