Hundreds of Thousands Boo Netanyahu While Cheering Trump at Tel Aviv Hostages Rally Ahead of Gaza Prisoner Release

In Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, a massive crowd booed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu while cheering Donald Trump.

“Since the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas took effect on Friday, fighting in Gaza has stopped, allowing over 500,000 Palestinians to return home”

Le Parisien

U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, Ivanka Trump, and Jared Kushner addressed the rally ahead of a planned hostage-prisoner exchange.

Le Parisien

Western mainstream outlets describe the outpouring clearly, with The Telegraph reporting the crowd chanted “Thank you Trump” and booed Netanyahu, linking the rally to a U.S.-brokered deal.

West Asian and Asian outlets emphasize the size and hostility more forcefully.

Mehr News says attendees “repeatedly booed” Netanyahu’s name.

Ummid reports “over 400,000 people” at the square and the planned return of living and deceased hostages.

Daily Jang similarly cites a rally of “up to 400,000 people” where boos greeted Netanyahu’s mention.

The Media Line, a Western alternative outlet, frames the event as a large, emotionally charged milestone, describing “over 100,000 people.”

The Media Line also highlights Ivanka Trump’s celebratory message about the hostages’ return as a “triumph of faith and courage.”

The deal tied to the rally outlines releases and timings that vary by source.

The Telegraph says about 48 hostages remain with around 20 believed alive, and that Israel would release roughly 1,700 detainees from Gaza plus about 250 Palestinian prisoners.

Haaretz

Le Parisien adds the Red Cross will alert Israel two hours before releases at three Gaza sites early Monday, with U.S. plans to deploy 200 troops to monitor the ceasefire and a simultaneous transfer between 4 a.m. and 6 a.m.

Newsweek reports a 72-hour ceasefire window, announced by Donald Trump, for the militant group to hand over 20 living hostages via the ICRC to Israeli forces.

West Asian and Israeli-adjacent outlets place the Palestinian prisoner count closer to 2,000: Anadolu speaks of “about 2,000,” World Israel News specifies 1,950 including 250 serving life sentences, and Mehr News cites 20 living captives, 26 deceased, and nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.

The ceasefire’s political rollout places Trump at center stage across many accounts, with an international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh to formalize the deal.

“Three Qatari diplomats were killed and two others injured in a car crash near Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, while involved in negotiations for a Gaza ceasefire and hostage release”

NDTV

Anadolu cites an Egyptian statement describing a summit led by Trump with over 20 countries and a first phase that already began Friday.

Hindustan Times and Mathrubhumi say the summit is co-chaired by Egypt’s President el-Sisi and U.S. President Trump, gathering over two dozen leaders.

Haaretz reports the same summit context but adds a jarring note: it says Donald Trump dismissed normalization with Israel as “wishful thinking,” reaffirming a refusal to recognize the country.

Multiple outlets also report a deadly car crash near Sharm el-Sheikh that killed three Qatari diplomats involved in the ceasefire process, casting a somber shadow on the talks.

Coverage of the humanitarian toll is blunt in West Asian and some local Western outlets and caveated in Western mainstream reporting.

Türkiye Today states plainly that Israeli attacks have killed over 67,600 Palestinians in Gaza, mostly women and children, and describes Israeli prisons holding over 11,100 Palestinians under harsh, deadly conditions.

Hindustan Times

Anadolu says Israeli attacks since October 2023 have killed over 67,600 and rendered Gaza uninhabitable.

Le Parisien relays that Hamas-run institutions report over 67,000 dead and 170,000 injured, noting recent increases as displaced people return north.

Newsweek cites the same 67,000-plus figure as widely reported while saying Israel disputes it.

Haaretz adds that about 500,000 residents have returned to Gaza City and northern Gaza during the ceasefire, while 9,500 remain missing.

Narratives about responsibility and credit split along political lines.

“A group of diplomats, identified as security guards and protocol officers from Qatar’s advance team for Prime Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim al-Thani, were involved in a tragic accident while traveling ahead of a major international summit in Sharm el-Sheikh on October 13, 2025”

Evrim Ağacı

Israeltoday.co.il argues the Hostages and Missing Families Forum has long targeted Netanyahu and now credits Trump for pressuring Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt to secure releases, despite the Forum’s earlier anti-Trump stance.

Evrim Ağacı

Israel National News pushes back, highlighting a statement that the boos do not represent families or the nation.

JTA focuses on grief and caution among families, noting that 20 living hostages and some deceased are expected soon and that some families want protests to continue until all deceased are returned.

Mia.mk reports Witkoff’s mixed reception, the absence of Hamas from the signing, and that the Israeli military has begun withdrawing from parts of Gaza.

World Israel News highlights internal criticism from Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, who calls the Trump peace plan a failure, even as it details Israel’s agreement to free 1,950 prisoners, including 250 lifers.