Israel's largest trade union calls for strike to pressure government after deaths of six hostages
dailyrecord.co.ukIsrael’s largest trade union has called a general strike on Monday following the deaths of six hostages in the Gaza Strip. The Israel Defence Forces said the bodies of Carmel Gat, 40, Eden Yerushalmi, 24, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 23, Alexander Lobanov, 33, Almog Sarusi, 27, and Ori Danino, 25, were found and recovered on Saturday.The Israeli army said the bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafah, around half a mile from where another hostage, Qaid Farhan Alkadi, 52, was rescued alive last week.And the Histadrut - which represents some 800,000 workers in such areas as health care, transport and banking - have confirmed they have called for industrial action in a bid to step up pressure on the government to reach a ceasefire that would bring home the remaining hostages held by Hamas in Gaza.The action, which will begin on Monday morning, will be the first general strike since the Hamas attack on October 7.
A general strike last year during prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s judicial overhaul helped lead to a temporary delay in the plan.Following the announcement of the deaths, Sir Keir Starmer labelled the killings “horrific and senseless”.
The PM posted on social media site X: “I am completely shocked at the horrific and senseless killing of six hostages in Gaza by Hamas.
My thoughts are with their loved ones at this awful time.“Hamas must release all the hostages now, and a ceasefire deal must be agreed by all sides immediately to end the suffering.”Foreign Secretary David Lammy said on X: “The UK condemns Hamas’ appalling murder of 6 innocent hostages in Gaza in the strongest terms.
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