Israelis pack Hostages Square for gathering marking Holocaust Remembrance Day

Large crowds of Israelis fill Hostages Square in Tel Aviv for an event organized to coincide with Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Anat Angrest (left), mother of hostage Matan Angrest, speaks at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, alongside Holocaust survivor Aliza Landau, at a special gathering to mark Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 23, 2025. (Paulina Patimer / Hostages’ Families Forum)

The gathering is arranged by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and the Zikaron BaSalon initiative (literally, “commemoration in the living room”), which brings Holocaust survivors’ stories to groups.

Large crowds of Israelis listen to an address by Holocaust survivor Aliza Landau at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, at a special Holocaust Remembrance Day gathering, to support the families of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza, April 23, 2025. (Adar Eyal / Pro-Democracy Protest Movement)

Among the speakers are Holocaust survivor Aliza Landau; Anat Angrest, mother of hostage Matan Angrest; and Kobi Ohel, father of hostage Alon Ohel.