Families of the hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip urge the public to attend rallies for the captives tonight as US President Donald Trump’s peace plan appears to gather momentum, saying that these are “decisive days.”
“The hostages’ families call on the people of Israel to stand with us this evening at Hostages Square to mark two years since October 7,” says a statement from the Hostage Families Forum.
“We are in decisive days for a deal—days that will determine when the living hostages return for rehabilitation and the deceased return for proper burial,” the Forum says in a statement.
“This is the hour when all of Israel must stand together and demand loudly: do everything possible to bring our brothers and sisters home,” the statement says. “The square is where we can all send a clear message together: Bring them all home and end the war! We will not stop until the last hostage returns.”
“This is the time, the place, and the moment to prove that nothing is stronger than Israeli solidarity,” they say.
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