Cops disperse protesters calling for hostage deal outside Netanyahu’s Jerusalem home

Police disperse demonstrators from a street near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private residence in Jerusalem, after they were encamped for some 24 hours protesting for a hostage-ceasefire deal.

The demonstrators, among them families of hostages, had been planning to spend a second night outside Netanyahu’s home in protest of the IDF’s recently launched ground offensive to take over Gaza City.

Footage from Jerusalem shows Border Police officers removing protesters one-by-one from the pavement.

“You guys will sleep well tonight — you won’t hear Ariel, you won’t hear David,” says one of the protesters as he is dragged away by cops, referring to Ariel and David Cunio, brothers held captive for nearly two years since being abducted by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023.

Earlier Tuesday, protesters arrived at Netanyahu’s heavily-guarded home and held a press conference from the street. Police covered fences surrounding the residence with tarps, a move which hostage families claimed was aimed at stifling protest.

Speaking through a megaphone, Maccabit Meir, the aunt of twin hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, railed against the operation in Gaza City.

“Who are you bringing all these buildings down on?” she said, addressing Netanyahu. “It could be that you’re bringing them down on Gali and Zivie, and on all the souls that remain there — alive and dead.”

Hannah Cohen, the aunt of slain Hamas hostage Inbar Haiman, demanded that the government reach a comprehensive deal to return all the captives, including her niece.

She called her niece the “embodiment of the partial deal — when all the women got out and Inbar was left behind.”

“We will no longer allow this and no longer agree to leaving even one hostage behind,” Cohen asserted.