Dozens of protesters storm the headquarters of the ruling Likud party.

Dozens of Israeli demonstrators stormed the headquarters of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud party in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, protesting the failure to reach a deal to release prisoners held by Palestinian factions.

The Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth reported that demonstrators demanding a prisoner release deal stormed the Ze'ev Fortress building in Tel Aviv and chained themselves up in front of the Prime Minister's Office, marking 600 days since the outbreak of the war on Gaza.

Videos broadcast by activists on the X platform showed Israeli police forcibly dispersing the protesters, some of whom were handcuffed to the stairs.

The headquarters of the ruling Likud party is located on the eleventh floor of the Ze'ev Fortress building.

Outside, hundreds of protesters staged a sit-in and blocked streets near the building, some wearing masks depicting Netanyahu and several of his ministers and orange jumpsuits (worn to death).

According to the Hebrew newspaper Haaretz, "Dozens of demonstrators blocked King George Street in Tel Aviv during a march toward the Abductees' Square."

The private newspaper added: "The police forcibly removed the protesters and confiscated their horns and drums."

She continued: "At the same time, hundreds of demonstrators blocked Begin Street near the Ministry of Defense building, and a group of them entered the Ze'ev Fortress building."

Tel Aviv estimates that there are 58 Israeli prisoners in Gaza, 20 of whom are still alive. Meanwhile, more than 10,100 Palestinians are languishing in its prisons, suffering torture, starvation, and medical neglect, many of whom have died, according to Palestinian and Israeli human rights and media reports.

The Israeli opposition and prisoners' families accuse Netanyahu of continuing the war in deference to the more extreme right-wing faction within his government, to further his personal political interests, particularly his continued rule.

Since October 7, 2023, Israel, with full American support, has been committing genocide in Gaza, leaving more than 177,000 Palestinians dead or wounded, most of them children and women, more than 11,000 missing, and hundreds of thousands displaced.