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Wednesday, August 21, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Wednesday, August 21, 2024
Hostage Families Forum joins boycott of Oct. 7 state memorial ceremony
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum announces it won’t cooperate with government plans for a state memorial on the anniversary of the October 7 massacre.
The group says the “resounding failure” of the government to return hostages taken on October 7 “won’t allow it to continue trying to close the circle,” adding it will join Gaza border communities for an alternative ceremony.
“The Hostage Families Forum will join with border communities and towns on the Gaza border and south to mark the anniversary of the massacre, to demand the restoration of security, the return of the abductees, the restoration of the communities, and the investigation of the failures that led to the terrible disaster on October 7, 2023,” the group’s statement reads.
