'We Want Them Alive, Not in Coffins': Police Clash with Anti-Government Protesters in Tel Aviv

A large crowd of anti-government protesters clashed with police near Democracy Square in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Saturday, March 2.

Local reports said the clashes resulted in the arrest of 7 people.

A livestream broadcast by Tel Aviv resident Efrat Safran shows demonstrators waving Israeli flags and holding signs calling for national elections and the return of hostages still in Hamas captivity. The protesters can be seen surrounded by a heavy police presence.

“The police blocked the intersection from all directions with a double blockage of pressure barriers and large forces, this time without a scaffold or cavalry,” Safran wrote on Facebook.

Family members of those killed on the October 7 attacks were also among protestors, Safran said. One was seen holding a sign reading, “We want them now, alive, not in coffins.”

Demonstrations took place across Israel on Saturday, as thousands took to the street to demand early elections, Haaeretz reported. Credit: Efrat Safran via Storyful

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- Shame on you, BBC. [NON-ENGLISH SPEECH] Shame on you, BBC. You're saying lies on Israel, that we are making genocide. Shame on you. Shame on you, BBC. The Hamas is a terror organization. Shame on you.

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- --organization. They rape, and kill, and murder. Shame on you, BBC. Shame on you.

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- The Hamas is an organization of terror. They kidnap, and rape, and murder the kids and the women. And we are not doing any genocide in Gaza. Shame on you. You're saying lies. Lies--

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- Shame on you. Go to hell.

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You are the head of state, you are to blame. That's what they're shouting.

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Where there's a will, there's a way.

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