Grinding to a halt: Protests and strikes stop the nation

Here are some of the best snapshots of the protests and strikes taking place across Israel following the recovery of the bodies of six Israeli hostages murdered in Gaza.

Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024 (photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024
(photo credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)Enlrage image
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)

 Ra'anana Junction on Highway 4 is still blocked with protestors calling for the release of the hostages.  (credit: Ilan Faigenbaum)Enlrage image
Ra'anana Junction on Highway 4 is still blocked with protestors calling for the release of the hostages. (credit: Ilan Faigenbaum)
 Protests following the murder of six hostages in Gaza (credit: Paulina Patimer)Enlrage image
Protests following the murder of six hostages in Gaza (credit: Paulina Patimer)
 HaKfar HaYarok interchange - 'Will you abandon her in Gaza, too?' (credit: Gill Beeri)Enlrage image
HaKfar HaYarok interchange - 'Will you abandon her in Gaza, too?' (credit: Gill Beeri)
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)Enlrage image
Israelis rally in Tel Aviv calling for a release of all hostages in the Gaza Strip, September 2, 2024 (credit: TOMER NEUBERG/FLASH90)
 Protesters blocking Begin road in calls for the release of the hostages.  (credit: Lizzy Shaanan)Enlrage image
Protesters blocking Begin road in calls for the release of the hostages. (credit: Lizzy Shaanan)

Aviva Siegel speaks in Tel Aviv

 Hundreds of people in the abductees' square, dozens of them listening to the testimony of captivity survivor Aviva Siegel.  (credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum)Enlrage image
Hundreds of people in the abductees' square, dozens of them listening to the testimony of captivity survivor Aviva Siegel. (credit: Hostage and Missing Families Forum)