Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 19, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Monday, August 19, 2024
Protesters outside Blinken’s Tel Aviv hotel demand he pressure Netanyahu on deal
Protesters gather outside US Secretary of State Antony Blinken's hotel in Tel Aviv on August 19, 2024. (Noam Amir/Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)
A few dozen protesters gather outside the hotel in Tel Aviv where visiting US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is staying, demanding he force Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to agree to a hostage deal.
The protesters carry photos of hostages and signs calling for a deal to be struck to bring them home.
Blinken met today with Netanyahu, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and President Isaac Herzog, and is slated to speak to the press later today and to then travel to Egypt, where the next round of talks are expected to be held.
