Netanyahu under growing pressure as Israelis call for early elections

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Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Israel would continue its campaign to “eliminate Hamas, return our hostages and ensure that Gaza will no longer be a threat to Israel”, AFP reports.

Netanyahu was under growing pressure on Saturday with demonstrators gathering in Tel Aviv’s Habima Square to call for early elections and the resignation of his government.

“Bibi Netanyahu and all the rest of his idiots are ruining Israel and they are destroying everything we hoped and dreamed of,” Shachaf Netzer, 54, told AFP.

“Everybody here wants an election.”

 A man carries a weapon as families of hostages and supporters protest to call for the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Jan 6, 2024. — Reuters
A man carries a weapon as families of hostages and supporters protest to call for the release of hostages kidnapped by Hamas, in Tel Aviv, Israel on Jan 6, 2024. — Reuters

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