Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered outside the parliament building in Jerusalem on Sunday in the largest anti-government demonstration since the war began.
by WAFAA SHURAFA, MELANIE LIDMAN and SAMY MAGDY | Associated PressPolice use a water cannon to disperse demonstrators from a highway during a protest against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government and call for the release of hostages held in the Gaza Strip by the Hamas group, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Netanyahu's governing coalition appears to remain firmly intact, and even if he were ousted, top rival Benny Gantz is a war cabinet member and likely would continue many of his policies. Netanyahu, who relies heavily on the support of ultra-Orthodox parties, last week asked for an extension. "There is a need to promote equality. This can be done with hammers, but it won't work," he said.Also Sunday, an Israeli airstrike hit a tent camp in the courtyard of a crowded hospital in central Gaza, killing two Palestinians and wounding another 15, including journalists working nearby.
Those wounded in Sunday's strike lay on Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital floor and gasped while being treated, one clutching at the underside of a stretcher that held someone else. The head of the World Food Program, Cindy McCain, told CBS it was able to get just nine trucks into Gaza on Thursday. "That's nothing. We just cannot continue this way," she said. "People are going to die otherwise, and they already are dying."
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