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Thousands of people marched or rallied in Tel Aviv against Benjamin Netanyahu’s government three days before Israel’s general election, placing demands for accountability over the October 7, 2023 attack at the center of the demonstration.

The protesters demanded accountability for the failure to prevent the Hamas-led attack of October 7, 2023. The demonstration also included calls for an investigation into the events, described in the available coverage as either official or independent.

Opposition political figures were present among the protesters, according to reporting by EL PAÍS and Al Jazeera. The available material does not identify those figures.

EL PAÍS also reported that relatives or family members of victims of the October 7 Hamas attacks were represented at the protest. That detail comes from a single source in the supplied evidence.

The sources establish that the protest was a visible challenge to Netanyahu’s government immediately before the election and that demonstrators sought an inquiry and accountability. They do not establish that an official or independent inquiry has been created, nor do they provide an exact number of participants beyond describing the crowd as numbering in the thousands.

SOURCES

  1. EL PAÍSMiles de personas piden el fin del Gobierno de Netanyahu tres días antes de las elecciones
  2. Al JazeeraThousands of Israelis rally against Netanyahu gov’t days before election
  3. France 24Thousands take to Tel Aviv's streets for protests against Netanyahu