Israel faces mounting opposition and strikes over government reforms.

Israel's largest trade union group, Histadrut, launched a strike across various sectors, joining a surging protest movement against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's plan to overhaul the judiciary, which is facing unprecedented opposition. The strike could paralyze large parts of Israel's economy, ratcheting up the pressure on Netanyahu to suspend the overhaul. The growing resistance to the plan came hours after tens of thousands of people burst into the streets around the country in a spontaneous show of anger at Netanyahu's decision to fire his defense minister after he called for a pause to the overhaul.