Activists hold silent protest at US embassy calling for release of all Gaza hostages

31 January 2025, 11:59 am

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Protesters call for the release of the remaining hostages held by terror groups in Gaza, outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv, January 31, 205. (Barak Dor/Pro-Democracy Movement)

A group of activists holds a silent protest outside the US embassy in Tel Aviv, calling for the release of the remaining 79 of the 251 hostages abducted by Hamas on October 7, 2023.

Some of the protesters wear white and hold white umbrellas, amid yellow chairs symbolizing the hostages.

The demonstration comes amid an ongoing hostage-ceasefire deal with the Hamas terror group. Ten Israeli hostages have been freed so far in the initial stage of the agreement, in return for hundreds of Palestinian security prisoners.

The protest is organized by Mishmeret 101, which roughly translates to Shift 101, which holds anti-government demonstrations modeled after the non-violent protests staged by Mahatma Gandhi in India in the 1930s to fight British imperialism.