The war in Gaza between Israel and Hamas continues today september 1st; Here we tell you the most relevant events that occurred in the armed conflict this Sunday.
After 331 days of armed conflict, today Sunday, September 1, Histadrut, the organization of Israel’s largest unionannounced a general strike starting this Monday, which will include Tel Aviv International Airport, in support of the protest movement that demands a truce with the Islamist group Hamas to allow the hostages in Gaza to be released.
“Tomorrow, starting at 6:00 a.m., the Israeli economy will stop“The airport will be closed at 8:00 a.m. and takeoffs and landings will be suspended,” Histadrut President Arnon Bar-David warned in a statement.
Israel attacked Jenin (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
Israeli unions demand truce with Hamas: “Only our intervention could mobilize those who need to be mobilized”
The union leader said that after a meeting with the families of the hostages, Bar-David said that a truce agreement “is more important than anything else” and that the Israeli government had not signed it “for political reasons.”
“We are receiving body bags instead of an agreement. I have come to the conclusion that only our intervention could mobilize those who need to be mobilized.“, he said.
On September 1, the Israeli army confirmed that the bodies recovered on Saturday night in a tunnel in southern Gaza were those of six hostages (four men and two women) that Hamas kidnapped in its attack on October 7.
This has rekindled the anger of the hostages’ relatives, who say their loved ones would still be alive if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had signed a pact with Hamas, but he did not do so for political reasons.
Israel-Hamas war (Screenshot)
Various demonstrations called for in Israel to call for a truce with Hamas
Relatives of the hostages have called various demonstrations in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and dozens of points throughout Israel, in addition to call for a general strikean initiative that has already been supported by some mayors – including that of the capital – and by the main opposition leaders.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid has criticized Netanyahu’s decision not to sign a truce agreement with Hamas to save all the hostages.
“They were alive. Netanyahu and the Cabinet of Death decided not to save them“, said.
However, he recalled that there were still hostages alive and that an agreement could still be reached with the extremist group. He also accused the Israeli prime minister of not doing so for political reasons.
On Saturday night, thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tel Aviv to protest against the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding early elections and the signing of a truce agreement with Hamas that would allow the Release of the 97 hostages who remain captive in Gaza.
2024-09-02 07:51:49