According to the new figures, from January to April of this year, 6,869 applications were received; significantly more than during the same period of the previous years.

Protesters also demand hostage swap deal with Hamas

Nearly 2,000 Palestinians also wounded, says ministry

The Israeli protesters have “gathered at 4,400 locations across the country,” Kobi Shabtai said in statements during an event at the Israeli Bar Association as cited by Haaretz newspaper.

Kobi Shabtai made the remarks following an attack near the Hamra settlement in the northern West Bank which left two Israeli settlers dead and a third critically injured.