Hostages and Missing Families Forum
“All we can do is continue marching, speak up and not lose hope,” says Moshe Lavi, whose brother-in-law Omri Miran has been a captive in Gaza for over 400 days.
“There’s going to be a new president. We’re still here to say that the way to get our hostages home is through a deal, and we are asking President Biden and President-elect Trump to get this done and bring our people home.”
“We thank Minister Galant for his work for Israel’s security and for the attempts to return our loved ones,” the Tikvah Forum said.
“We have young girls and women in the hands of Hamas for more than a year. My daughter is one of them. It’s unfathomable on many levels,” says Ayelet Levy Shachar, whose daughter Na’ama was captured by Hamas on Oct. 7, 2023.
Protesters urge swift action to free the captives, back the government proposal to free them in a single-phase release.
“For weeks, we’ve been saying that time is of the essence. Last night, we saw we’re already in overtime,” said U.S. Ambassador to Israel Jack Lew.
Arie Zalmanovicz, 86, was denied proper medical care.
The hostages’ families arrived at the border with a convoy of more than 300 vehicles to protest the lack of movement in ceasefire talks.
Freed hostages, relatives of captives and staff members work together to keep the hostage crisis at the center of the diplomatic and media discourse.
Israel’s Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing met in Washington with his U.S. counterpart • Israeli delegation reportedly heading to Cairo for ceasefire talks.
The previously unseen images show the five female hostages shortly after their abduction from the Israel Defense Forces’ Nahal Oz base on Oct. 7.
