The Shift 101 movement began a "silent protest" for the return of the hostages held in Hamas captivity, outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on Sunday, the protest movement announced.
At the protest, demonstrators were heard chanting, "Stop the world, our children are there."
Shift 101 added that the demonstration was being done on the 513th day since the hostages were kidnapped and placed in captivity by the terror group.
The "silent protest" grew to a crowd of thousands of people outside of the prime minister's residence on Azza Street in Jerusalem. The silence turned to loud cheers and chants.
Protesters called for a continuance of the deal to bring the remaining 59 hostages home and not to abandon them.
Signs across the protest had sentiments including, "The government could have saved you, but instead they chose revenge."
Police blockades
The movement wrote in a post on Instagram that hundreds of people had to overcome police barriers to attend the protest.
In Tel Aviv, a similar protest is underway with a large crowd gathered outside of Azrieli Center, with large white cutout letters reading "Who's our savior?"
Menachem Begin Road, a major street in central Tel Aviv, has been blocked by protesters.
Israel Police responded to the widespread protests, deploying officers to the sites of the demonstrations and to contain those lighting flares, bonfires, and disrupting traffic, according to a statement Sunday evening.
In Jerusalem, Border Police Guards were deployed and followed a procession from the area of the Knesset to Azza Street in Jerusalem.
Police noted a number of disturbances, leading to at least one person, a 17-year-old, for lighting flares.
"We will allow freedom of protest as long as this is done within the limits of the law and public order, but we will take a tough hand in any case of rioters, safety risks, and the well-being of the participants in these protests, wherever they may be," the police statement said.