Hostage relatives breach the fence of Kibbutz Nirim, after crying out to the captives via powerful loudspeakers, and head toward Gaza, which is about 2 kilometers away, in an attempt to run toward their loved ones.
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum falsely says they have breached the Gaza border fence itself.
“The families in their great pain breached the fence to Gaza and ran toward the Gaza Strip to get as close to their loved ones as possible,” the Forum claims in a statement, citing 11 months of unsuccessful pleas that the government secure a comprehensive hostage deal.
The Forum says a short while later that the relatives heeded pleas by security forces and made their way back to Nirim.
Correction: A previous version of this report erroneously said the hostage relatives had breached the Gaza border fence.
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