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From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 21, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Sunday, January 21, 2024
Mother of slain Hamas hostage protests outside PM’s house: ‘Give up on ego’
Orrin Gantz, mother of slain hostage Eden Zacharia speaks to demonstrators outside Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's residence in Jerusalem on January 21, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)
A crowd of hostage families and protesters are gathered in front of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s private Jerusalem residence demanding an immediate hostage deal.
“We will stay here until the prime minister agrees to a deal to return the hostages,” says a Hostages and Missing Families spokesman.
Orrin Gantz, the mother of 28-year-old Eden Zacharia, who was kidnapped and murdered in Hamas captivity, speaks to the crowd and urges the prime minister and the war cabinet to “give up on ego.”
“My daughter didn’t just die, she died on our watch,” she says. “Bibi Netanyahu, we trust you. There is no other person who can [return the hostages],” she continues. “107 days, they don’t have time. In captivity, there is no tomorrow.”
