Demonstrators chant slogans and react amidst flare smoke during an anti-government protest calling for action to release the hostages held captive since the October 7 attacks by Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip and for a deal to release them, near the Israeli Prime Minister's residence in Jerusalem on September 2, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by Menahem Kahana / AFP)