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From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 18, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, January 18, 2024
Hostages’ families block major Tel Aviv highway, saying gov’t should be replaced if it can’t free their loved ones
Families of the hostages in Gaza block Tel Aviv's main highway on January 18, 2024. (Hostage Family Forum)
Members of the Munder, Idan and Metzger families — whose loved ones are being held hostage in Gaza — are blocking Tel Aviv’s Ayalon Highway, with the number 136 lit up in flames to represent the number of hostages still in Gaza.
“The time for the hostages is up. If the government that abandoned them is not able to promote a deal immediately, let it be replaced by one that hasn’t,” the Hostages Family Forum says in a statement.
“It is time for the struggle of the hostages’ families to become a broad public struggle,” the statement adds.
