Video taking off 44x its usual first day

Tel Aviv demonstrators urge Eisenkot to form Israel's next government

Reuters' Habima Square report captures calls to end the war and replace the government, drawing an unusually large audience for its Shorts.

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Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 335,673 views a day, 44 times a normal first day on this channel (7,662).

Israelis gather in Tel Aviv to back Netanyahu opponent Eisenkot

"We don't want the old politics. We want to end the war," a woman tells Reuters amid flags, chanting and drums in Tel Aviv's Habima Square.

The evening demonstration backs Gadi Eisenkot's effort to form Israel's next government. Reuters' footage, dated November 7, brings the political transition down to street level: demonstrators carry signs, police stand nearby, and women interviewed in the square explain what they want a change of government to deliver.

The first woman calls for rebuilding the country. A second says she has come to support Eisenkot forming a government for the sake of future generations. Protesters in matching pink shirts beat drums and chant through megaphones.

Eisenkot, a former chief of staff of the Israeli military, led the Yashar party in the election. The rally expresses support for his bid, rather than marking the formation of a government.

The Short reached roughly 256,000 views in fourteen hours, already far beyond Reuters' usual full first day for this format. A separate Reuters report also drew an unusually fast audience, capturing cautious optimism among Tel Aviv residents after Israel's president chose Eisenkot to try to assemble a government.

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The facts

Channel: Reuters
Subscribers: 4,380,000 ▲ 10,000 this week
Channel views, last 7 days: 15,037,121
Channel views, pace per day: 756,651 (on a normal day: 1,736,945)
Video published: November 8, 2026
Video views so far: 255,560 (less than a day online)
Video views, pace per day: 335,673

The numbers

The Habima Square report stands out sharply among Reuters' Shorts. Its separate report on residents' hopes for change also started well above the channel's usual pace.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,662

this video

335,673

subscribers

4,380,000

▲ 10,000 in the last 7 days

total views

2,503,421,245

views per day

756,651