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Thursday, August 1, 2024
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Thursday, August 1, 2024
On day 300 of war, protesters block Tel Aviv highway in call for hostage deal
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Protesters calling for a hostage deal block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, August 1, 2024 (Danor Aharon/Pro-democracy protest groups)
On the 300th day of the war, protesters block the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv, calling for a deal to free the hostages held in Gaza.
Channel 12 reports that relatives of hostages are among those blocking the highway.
Egypt and Qatar have warned that strikes on terror leaders this week undermine efforts made by mediators to reach an agreement for hostages to be released and a ceasefire.
It is believed that 111 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, dozens of them thought dead.
One more person is listed as missing since October 7, and their fate is still unknown. Hamas is also holding two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.
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