Brother of slain hostage held in Gaza urges completion of Trump deal ‘without threats of war or politics’

Elad Or, the remains of whose brother Dror are still in Gaza, calls for the swift completion of the truce-hostage deal that US President Donald Trump brokered between Israel and Hamas.

“A month has passed since the signing of the Trump agreement. A month-long emotional roller coaster; a month-long start to rehabilitation; a month, even at the end of which the mission remains incomplete,” he tells the thousands of people gathered at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv.

“I’ve come here tonight to cry out and demand that the deal keep being implemented, without threats of war and without politics,” he says. “I’ve come to demand our basic right to say goodbye to Dror and honor him.”

“The agreement is the Trump agreement,” he says. “Even if the searches” for deceased hostages’ remains “take a long time because of the massive destruction in Gaza, even if complex international cooperation is required, even if there are other obstacles — there’s no other choice. Israel needs Dor — everyone — home.”

“We won’t forgive and won’t forget the abandonment by this government, and we won’t stop demanding that the truth be unearthed and those responsible held to account,” he says. “But now, right now, there is a window of opportunity for a modicum of mending.”