Condemnation after journalists killed in targeted Israeli strike in Gaza
The leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, has called for a solidarity strike with the Israeli hostages in Gaza on Sunday, joining initial calls from the captives' families.
"Strike on Sunday," Lapid said on his X account, addressing even those who "support the government" of Benjamin Netanyahu. He wrote that "This is not a question of quarrelling or politics. Go on strike out of solidarity" with the Oct. 7 hostages still held by Hamas and its ally Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Gaza Strip. It was the families who "asked you to, and that's reason enough," he added.
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