The brothers of an Israeli held hostage by the Hamas militant group appealed for American support during a visit to Washington this week.
FILE - Posters of Israeli hostages being held by Hamas is handed out during a photo shoot for a visual project calling for their release, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2023, in New York. While the posters were created to raise awareness …
On the morning of the attack, Yonatan Shamriz, his wife and their 2-year-old daughter were awakened by the rampage and then spent the following 22 hours in their home’s safe room until the Israel Defense Forces rescued them. “This is a group of despicable terrorists who raped women, who abused, who beheaded babies,” he said. “And they are holding, right now, my brother. Every minute there, it’s like forever.”
Ido said lawmakers “feel the urgency to act. They felt they needed to do something when they heard our stories. You can see in their eyes that they know this calls for action now — not tomorrow.”
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