Tuesday, September 3, 2024

Israeli strike to push for hostage deal disrupts flights, buses

from Daily Sabah

Municipal services in several Israeli districts were disrupted and some services at the main air hub were suspended on Monday after the country's biggest labor union launched a general strike to pressure Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into agreeing to a hostage exchange deal.

The head of the Histadrut union, which represents hundreds of thousands of workers across the economy, called for the strike on Sunday after the bodies of six hostages were recovered in a tunnel in southern Gaza.

The reported death of six hostages triggered deep shock in Israel, prompting at least half a million people to take to the streets in west Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in protest on Sunday...

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