Emotional pleas and banners reading 'Free them now!' and 'Bring them home' dominated the Jerusalem rally as thousands demand the return of hostages abducted by Hamas.
Emotional pleas and banners reading "Free them now!" and "Bring them home" dominated the Jerusalem rally as thousands demand the return of hostages abducted by Hamas.Emotional pleas and criticism directed at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. / Photo: Reuters
"Stay strong you who are still there," cried 17-year-old former hostage Agam Goldstein with tears in her eyes.About 250 Israelis and foreigners were taken hostage by Hamas on October 7.In another moment of high emotion at the rally, Ofri Bibas appealed for the lives of her brother Yarden, his wife Shiri and their sons, Ariel, 4, and one-year-old Kfir — the youngest of the hostages.
"We were abandoned on October 7, and we have been abandoned since," said the mother of two as protesters carried banners reading"Free them now!" and"Bring them home". The Gaza war broke out on October 7 with an attack by Hamas that resulted in the deaths of 1,170 people, mostly civilians, Israeli figures show.
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