203 empty chairs: Hostage families hold Shabbat Dinner ‘demonstration’ in Tel Aviv

20 October 2023, 4:56 pm Edit

Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza set a symbolic Shabbat table with more than 200 empty seats for the hostages, at 'Hostage Square,' outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, October 20, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

The families of the hostages in Gaza have set up a massive Shabbat dinner table in Tel Aviv with challah, wine, candles, place settings and 203 empty chairs to represent all of the people currently being held by terrorists in Gaza.

The hostages’ families have pledged to intensify their pressure campaign against the government after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu agreed to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza through Egypt without first securing the release of the 200 to 250 captives.