Thousands took to the streets to protest the incompetence of the police and authorities. "If the police wanted to bring order, they would already do", one demonstrator said.

The High Follow-Up Committee for Israeli Arabs declared a general strike in Arab society. The funerals of the five murdered were held in Jaffa and Nazareth in the evening. "We, the citizens of this country who pay taxes, want personal security," some of the demonstrators shouted at a demonstration in Yafia.