(22 Aug 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jerusalem – 22 August 2025
1. Mid of protesters
2. Various of protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Hebrew) "You are not alone, we are with you."
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yosef Engel, grandfather of Ofir Engel, hostage released in deal:
"We are protesting here, close to the house of the prime minister because he’s doing nothing to bring all the hostages back home. We’re asking also (Donald) Trump and all the Americans to stand behind us so that all the hostages will come back."
4. Various of protesters chanting, UPSOUND (Hebrew) "You are not alone, we are with you."
5. Mid of police
STORYLINE:
A group of protesters demonstrated near the residence of the Israeli prime minister in Jerusalem, demanding a ceasefire in Gaza and a hostage deal.
Israel’s defense minister warned earlier on Friday that Gaza’s largest city would be destroyed unless Hamas yields to Israel’s terms.
This comes as the world’s leading authority on food crises said Friday the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread across the territory without a ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.
A day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would authorize the military to mount a major operation to seize Gaza City, Defense Minister Israel Katz warned that it could “turn into Rafah and Beit Hanoun,” areas largely reduced to rubble earlier in the war.
Netanyahu is "doing nothing to bring all the hostages back home. We’re asking also Trump and all the Americans to stand behind us so that all the hostages will come back," said Yosef Engel, grandfather of Ofir Engel, a hostage released in a p[previous hostage deal.
Hamas said earlier this week that it had agreed to a ceasefire proposal from Arab mediators, which — if accepted by Israel — could forestall the offensive.
The proposal outlines a phased deal involving hostage and prisoner exchanges and a pullback of Israeli troops, while talks continue on a longer-term cease-fire.
Israeli leaders have resisted such terms since abandoning a similar agreement earlier this year amid divisions within Netanyahu’s coalition and strong opposition from his right.
AP video shot by Mahmoud Illean
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