Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Hostage families protest outside Likud HQ in Tel Aviv: ‘End the war. Hostage deal now’
Relatives of hostages held in Gaza protest outside the Likud Party headquarters in Tel Aviv, January 8, 2025 (Zohar Bar-Yehuda via the pro-democracy protest groups)
The families of some of the hostages held in Gaza protest outside the Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling for a deal that would see them all released.
The protesters block traffic on King George Street as they march with an English-language sign reading: “End the war. Hostage deal now.”
While US officials from the outgoing Biden administration and incoming Trump administration have expressed some optimism at prospects of an agreement being reached, Israel and Hamas meanwhile accused each other of blocking a deal by adhering to conditions that torpedoed all previous negotiations.
