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Monday, January 13, 2025
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Monday, January 13, 2025
Fallen soldiers’ families protest hostage deal in Jerusalem
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Demonstrators protest against planned hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 13, 2025. The banner reads: "You don't have a mandate to surrender to Hamas." (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
A right-wing group of families of fallen soldiers and hostages block the entrance of Jerusalem to protest the emerging hostage-ceasefire deal with Hamas in Gaza.
Holding signs that read “You don’t have a mandate to surrender to Hamas,” the demonstrators urge the government not to sign a deal that will see Israel halt the fighting and free hundreds or even thousands of Palestinian security prisoners in exchange for hostages.
Others hold up pictures of their loved ones with the caption, “Their deaths command us to victory.”
Among those demonstrating are members of the hawkish Tikva forum, a group of hostage families who want Israel to use overwhelming force to bring down Hamas.
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