The protest comes as a response to the government's decision to expand the operations in the Gaza Strip and Netanyahu's order to “occupy the strip. ” Demonstrators gathered on one of Israel's main highways following reports of the government's decision to expand the operations in the Gaza Strip and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu considering “to occupy the strip.

The families of the remaining Oct. 7 hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza organized an emergency protest in Tel Aviv after footage was released of their emaciated family members. On Saturday, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad released undated videos of Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski,