Thousands Rally in Tel Aviv Against Netanyahu Ahead of Israeli Elections

Thousands of people demonstrated in Tel Aviv on Saturday against the Israeli government, three days before the legislative elections. The protest was organized by the October Council, a group founded by families of victims and hostages from the October 7 attack. The demonstrators demand a state commission of inquiry into the security failures that allowed the Hamas attack, the deadliest in the country's history. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has so far refused to establish such a commission, despite widespread public calls for it. The main opposition figures running in the first elections since October 7, 2023 have all promised to create the commission if they win. Organizers described the event as the culmination of three years of struggle for truth and accountability.