Israelis continue anti-Netanyahu protests

Thousands of Israelis took to streets on Saturday night, braving cold, wet wear, to continue months of protests demanding resignation of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Several thousand people gared outside Netanyahu's official residence in Jerusalem, focal point of most of demonstrations, while a similarly sized crowd protested outside Netanyahu's private home in upscale coastal town of Caesaria.

Smaller garings took place at junctions and overpasses across Israel.

Protesters say Netanyahu should resign while he is on trial for corruption charges and accuse him of mishandling country's coronavirus crisis.

crisis has hit ecomy hard and sent unemployment skyrocketing. Many of protesters are young people who have lost ir jobs.

Some protesters carried makeshift submarines, referring to a graft scandal connected to purchase of warships and submarines from German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp.