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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)