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Thursday, May 1, 2025
Navy commando reservists form ’59’ along beach to urge return of hostages
Divers make an installation calling for the release of Israeli hostages held captive in the Gaza Strip, May 1, 2025 on the beach in Caesarea. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
A group of active and retired Navy commando reservists take part in a symbolic dive urging the return of the 59 hostages still being held in Gaza.
After the dive, they form the number 59 on the beach in Caesarea.
The group says they are among hundreds of former and current Shayetet 13 reservists who wrote a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urging him to return all of the hostages, even at the cost of ending the war against Hamas.
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