Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, July 5, 2023
3 arrests on Ayalon as protest swells; mounted police deployed in Jerusalem
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Protesters on the Ayalon Highway, July 5, 2023. (Facebook screenshot)
Three people have been arrested at the Tel Aviv protests, Army Radio reports.
The Ayalon remains blocked, and protesters set off fireworks above the highway a few minutes ago.
Army Radio says increasing numbers of protesters are gathering.
Protests are also continuing in Jerusalem, Haifa, Karkur Junction and other locations.
In Jerusalem, Army Radio says protesters have been marching near the President’s Residence and near Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s home on Azza Street.
Crowds in the hundreds are now gathering in the capital’s Paris Square.
Mounted police have been called in and are making forays into the crowd, eyewitnesses say.
Army Radio says the junction is blocked and the police are now trying to clear the protesters.
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