Daughter of slain captive rails against ‘forever war on the backs of our soldiers and hostages’

Noam Peri, the daughter of slain hostage Haim Peri, who was kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 and murdered in captivity, speaks before a thousands-strong protest in Tel Aviv.

“We don’t want a forever war on the backs of our soldiers and hostages,” she says.

In English, she appeals to US President Donald Trump, urging him to “look at all this crowd… at the pictures from the streets of Israel.”

“The people of Israel are voting with their feet, the nation wants this war to end and the hostages brought home,” she says. “For my father, it is too late, but you can still save the other hostages and be remembered as the president who made history.”

She says that “my father, and the 41 other hostages murdered in Gaza, reveal the terrible truth,” claiming that continuing the war will lead to more hostages’ deaths.