Raising Israeli flags, protesters in Tel Aviv have been chanting slogans against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, and demanding new elections, as well as the return of captives held in Gaza.
Large protests have occurred in the Israeli city on a weekly basis over Netanyahu’s handling of the nearly nine-month-old war in Gaza.
Many protesters held signs reading “Crime Minister” and “Stop the War” as people poured into the biggest Israeli city’s main thoroughfare.
Antigovernment protest organisation Hofshi Israel estimated more than 150,000 people attended the rally, calling it the biggest since the Gaza war began.
Some demonstrators lay on the ground covered in red paint in the city’s Democracy Square to protest what they say is the death of the country’s democracy under Netanyahu.
A separate Tel Aviv rally night drew thousands of relatives and supporters of the hostages.
They also marked the 20th birthday of Naama Levy, who has been held in Gaza since October 7, and called for an immediate ceasefire with Hamas.