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The Secretary General of Israel's national workers union, the Histadrut, announced a general strike to protest against the Netanyahu government and called for an immediate hostage-release and ceasefire in Gaza deal. The strike will begin on Monday morning.

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The workers union decision came several hours after the IDF announced it recovered the bodies of six hostages from Rafah in southern Gaza.

  • The Israeli National Forensic Institute examined the bodies and said in a statement that the hostages were murdered in the last 48 to 72 hours and were shot from close range.
  • Israeli officials said at least three of the hostages who were killed were supposed to be released in the first phase of the hostage-release and ceasefire deal that is currently being negotiated, if an agreement would have been reached.
  • The general strike will begin on Monday at 6:00 a.m. local time and Ben Gurion International Airport will shut down at 8:00 a.m. local time.
  • Many of the country's largest private sector companies announced they will join the strike.
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[-] A_A@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

i hope you are right but I'm growing pessimistic about this and believe it is just another smoke screen

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

It's only for one day. Pretty sad.

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