A 70-year-old woman is being investigated for attempting to assassinate Netanyahu.

BarcelonaBenjamin Netanyahu has detractors all over the world. It weighs heavily on him. an arrest warrant from the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity for the atrocities committed in GazaBut he also has opponents at home, where He is criticized for his handling of the war and where criticism has recently increased for starving the population of the Strip. The animosity it arouses is such that, according to the Israeli television channel Kan, an activist was arrested for attempting to assassinate the Israeli prime minister.

According to police reports referenced by the channel, the Israeli intelligence services, the Shin Bet, arrested the woman, in her seventies and originally from Tel Aviv, two weeks ago on allegations that she was planning to attack Netanyahu with an explosive device. She was reportedly released the same day on condition that she not approach the leader or government institutions.

In a statement issued by the police, it is reported that the woman contacted other anti-government activists to obtain weapons and that she had inquired about Netanyahu's security measures. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz, citing sources familiar with the case, claims that the woman fell ill recently and told people close to her that she intended to "take Netanyahu with her." Several people who heard the comments contacted the police, who eventually opened an investigation.

The police are expected to transfer the investigation file to the State Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, which intends to file charges against the suspect for conspiracy to commit a crime.

Hunger protests in Gaza

Although a large part of the Israeli population supports the army's actions in Gaza, the growing evidence that the population of the Strip is dying from malnutrition The Israeli government's voluntary blockade of humanitarian aid has prompted some Israelis to react. This Thursday, hundreds of protesters demonstrated in Tel Aviv demanding an end to the war in Gaza and the return of the hostages. But this time they were also protesting the hunger suffered by the enclave's population. "Victory is not achieved on the bodies of children," read a banner in Habima Square in the Israeli capital. "We will fight with all our might against hunger in our name," the crowd repeated. The protesters marched to the Kirya military headquarters in Tel Aviv, carrying sacks of flour and photos of malnourished children from the enclave.