Hadash (Democratic Front for Peace and Equality – Communist Party of Israel) is preparing two large demonstrations in Tel-Aviv and Haifa tomorrow, beginning at 7 p.m. in front of the Likud Headquarters in central Tel-Aviv (King George Street) and at Beit Hagefen in Wadi Nissnas, Hagefen Street in Haifa. The events are been endorsed by others pacifist and leftist activists.

An Israeli airstrike in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday killed a senior military commander of Hamas, the Islamist movement that rules Gaza. The Israeli army said the strike was the start of an operation to cripple militant organizations that fire rockets into civilian areas of southern Israel. Several more strikes followed. Witnesses and Hamas officials said four other people were killed in the attacks, and several people were injured. The Israeli army said on Wednesday it had started a large-scale operation aimed at “eliminating key militant commanders” and “terrorist infrastructure” in the Gaza Strip.

“The people against the war” (Hadash poster)

Communist Israeli lawmaker MK Dov Khenin condemned the killing. “Assassinating leaders is never the solution. In place of the leaders killed, other will grow, and we will only get another cycle of fire and blood,” he said.

More information about the events can be found at the Hadash Facebook pages:

http://www.facebook.com/events/486677324710093

https://www.facebook.com/events/170481406425282