Thousands of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in several areas to demand a prisoner exchange deal with Palestinian factions, early elections, or the dismissal of the government.

Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper said that thousands of Israelis in several areas, including Tel Aviv and Netanya (central), Haifa and Karkur Junction (north), demonstrated to demand the conclusion of an exchange deal for the release of all prisoners detained in Gaza.

The newspaper noted that "the demonstrators demanded early elections or the dismissal of the government headed by Benjamin Netanyahu."

The pace of demonstrations is expected to increase in the coming hours.

In this context, on Saturday, hundreds of Israeli demonstrators closed the “Amaad” intersection near the city of Safed (north), in protest against the government’s policies, which they accused of ignoring the residents of the northern regions in light of the exchange of bombings with the Lebanese “Hezbollah” since October 8, 2023.

The official Hebrew Broadcasting Authority said that hundreds of Israeli demonstrators closed the "Amiad" intersection near the city of Safed, chanted against the policies of Benjamin Netanyahu's government, and accused it of ignoring the residents of the northern regions.

According to the commission, the demonstrators accused the government of letting "the north burn."

Meanwhile, on Saturday, the families of Israeli prisoners in the Gaza Strip demanded an end to the war as part of an exchange deal with the Palestinian factions that would return all of their children.

The families of the prisoners said in a press statement in front of the Ministry of Defense headquarters in Tel Aviv, broadcast by the official Broadcasting Authority: “We demand a commitment to ending the war within a deal that brings everyone back.”

The prisoners' families said: "The continuation of the war leads to loss of life among detainees and soldiers."

They continued: "Our children were indeed killed and abandoned by an irresponsible government, but there are detainees alive who can be saved."

The families of the prisoners called on the Israelis to participate in the demonstrations expected to be organized on Saturday evening in several cities, to pressure the government to conclude an exchange deal.