Hundreds of people gather in New York City’s Central Park to mourn Youssef Ziyadne, 53, and his son Hamza Ziyadne, 22, who were kidnapped by Hamas on October 7, 2023, and killed in captivity.
The IDF recovered the hostage’s remains from a tunnel in southern Gaza’s Rafah on Tuesday night.
The demonstration, organized by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, also calls for the release of the remaining 94 Israeli hostages held by terrorists in Gaza.
Jordan Sheff, whose cousins Gali and Ziv Berman were seized from their home on Kibbutz Kfar Aza on October 7, addresses the crowd: “We are now in critical days. Every moment matters. 98 hostages remain in Hamas’s hands. Their conditions are dire and every single one of them is in desperate need of urgent humanitarian relief. We know that the negotiations team has traveled to Doha. We call on them to do everything possible to sign a deal that will bring Gali, Ziv, and all 98 hostages home.”
Among the hostages Hamas is holding are two Israeli civilians who entered the Strip in 2014 and 2015, as well as the bodies of two IDF soldiers who were killed in 2014.
People attend a rally calling for the release of Israelis held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, at Central Park in New York City, on January 12, 2025. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
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