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Sunday, August 24, 2025
Hostages families protest outside ministers’ homes: ‘Why are you hiding? Where’s your sense of responsibility?’
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Relatives of the hostages held in Gaza protest outside the homes of ministers, calling for a ceasefire deal.
The family of Nimrod Cohen demonstrates outside the home of Defense Minister Israel Katz.
“I came to remind you on day 688 that an IDF soldier who was sent to defend the country with a faulty tank is still sitting in the tunnels of Gaza,” shouts the hostage’s father, Yehuda, through a megaphone.
“If you really think you’re a defense minister, behave like a defense minister, not a war minister,” he says.
The family of Omri Miran demonstrates outside the home of Minister Avi Dichter.
“Why are you hiding? Where is your sense of responsibility for the citizens of Israel who have been languishing in Hamas captivity for 688 days,” says Miran’s sister-in-law Michal Lavie. “What about the values of leaving no one behind in life or death, and saving lives? Two basic values on which the State of Israel is founded.”
Terror groups in the Gaza Strip are holding 50 hostages, including 49 of the 251 abducted by Hamas-led terrorists on October 7, 2023. They include the bodies of at least 28 confirmed dead by the IDF. Twenty are believed to be alive and there are grave concerns for the well-being of two others, Israeli officials have said.
Israel assesses that “at least one or two” hostages held in Gaza are in life-threatening condition, according to a Channel 12 news report yesterday.
The Times of Israel Community.