Protests in Israel and strike called amid eruption of outrage over Gaza war

Tens of thousands take to streets as anger rises at Netanyahu government after deaths of six hostages

Tens of thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Sunday night and a general strike was called amid an eruption of public outrage over the government's handling of the war in Gaza after the deaths of six hostages being held deep underground by Hamas.

The discovery of the hostages' bodies in Gaza over the weekend threatened to bring deep divisions over the war to breaking point. An estimated 100,000 protested in Tel Aviv, while others demonstrated in Jerusalem as pressure on the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to reach a ceasefire deal to bring the remaining hostages home reached a new peak.