The Tel Aviv Municipality announces that the plaza in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, which was the epicenter of the yearslong struggle to return the hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, is now officially known as Hostages Square.
That name, while very commonly used throughout the public struggle, had been unofficial until now.
The municipality says on Facebook that the decision “is meant to ensure that this chapter in Israel’s history — from October 7, 2023, until the return of the last hostage, Ran Gvili, on January 26, 2026 — will be remembered for generations.”
Calling the struggle “brave and determined,” the municipality says it is proud to have hosted it, saying the square became “a center of solidarity and of one unwavering demand: to bring them, everyone, home.”
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