Live Update
From the Liveblog of
Saturday, August 17, 2024
Protests held across Israel to call for hostage deal, new elections

A digital counter in Tel Aviv displays the days and hours that hostages seized in southern Israel by Palestinian terrorists during the October 7 attack have spent in Hamas captivity in the Gaza Strip, August 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
The weekly demonstrations calling for a hostage deal and fresh elections are being held at numerous locations across the country, including in cities such as Haifa and Ness Ziona as well as at highway junctions.