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Israeli court orders nationwide strike to end
Israel’s Labour Court in Tel Aviv has ruled that the ongoing strike across the country must end at 2:30pm (11:30 GMT), according to local media outlets.
Earlier we reported on the Israeli government filing an injunction against a general strike today by one of the country’s largest labour unions, Histardrut.
The strike was declared to pressure the government into agreeing to a ceasefire deal in Gaza after the deaths of six captives held by Hamas triggered mass protests across the country.
The chairman of the labour union Histadrut says he has instructed workers to go back to work following the order by an Israeli labour court to end the general strike by 2:30pm (11:30 GMT), Israeli media outlet N12 is reporting.
“We live in a state of law and respect the court’s decision. Therefore I instruct everyone to return to work at 2:30pm,” Arnon Bar-David said, according to N12. “It is important to emphasise that the identification strike was an important move and I stand behind it.”
Strikers hope to apply ‘economic pressure’ on Israeli government
As Israelis take to the streets to force the government to agree to a ceasefire deal, it’s still “difficult” to say how much this will change Netanyahu’s mind, as the country’s Labour Court rules the general strike must end early, according to Al Jazeera’s Hamdah Salhut.
“Even though some of these strikes might end early, people are still going to be protesting in the streets. The last time we saw a large labour union strike like this was when the country was protesting a different issue, and it had an impact on the government that actually allowed them to change course in their legislation,” Salhut said.
She added that it’s the “economic pressure” that the demonstrators and the labour union are hoping to apply on Netanyahu and the government so that “there can be a deal, ultimately to release the captives”.
Israeli police arrest protesters in Tel Aviv
Israeli police have arrested some protesters in Tel Aviv as hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to demand the government agree to a ceasefire deal to return the captives held in Gaza.
Demonstrators block major roads across Israel, call for captives’ release
Family, friends and supporters of Israeli captives take part in a protest on the Israeli coastal road outside the Yakum kibbutz
Demonstrators have gathered in central Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and elsewhere across Israel to demand that the government reach a deal with Hamas for the release of the remaining captives, amid a general strike called by Israel’s largest labour union.
Demonstrators gather in central Jerusalem, lifting placards and chanting slogans as they stop traffic to call for the release of Israeli captives held in Gaza
The strike on Monday shuttered parts of the country, though some sectors were unaffected.
It comes a day after mass demonstrations following the army’s announcement that troops had recovered the bodies of six captives in a Gaza tunnel.
The Labour Court of Israel ordered a halt to a strike, citing its “politically motivated” nature.
Families and supporters of Israeli captives lift placards and chant slogans calling for their release during a rally in Tel Aviv, on September 2
Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid attends the rally in Tel Aviv
