Israel’s largest trade union, the Histadrut, called for a general strike to take place Monday as scores of Israelis took to the streets demanding Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reach a cease-fire deal after six more hostages were found dead in Gaza.
Histadrut chief Arnon Bar-David called for the strike during a Sunday press conference, during which he said, “We must reach a deal. A deal is more important than anything else,” Reuters reported.
“We are getting body bags instead of a deal,” he said.
Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main air transport hub, will be closed from 8 a.m. local time Monday, he said, per the news service. Municipal services in Tel Aviv will also be closed for part of Monday.
The announcement came hours after Israel’s military confirmed it recovered the bodies of six hostages in Gaza, including Hersh Goldberg-Polin, a native of Berkeley, Calif. The Israeli military said Sunday the six hostages were killed by Hamas shortly before forces reached them in an underground tunnel in Rafah.
TVNL Comment: Were the hostages killed by Hamas or Israeli bombs?????
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