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Thursday, August 1, 2024
On 300th day of war, Herzog calls on world leaders to work to free hostages from Gaza
Sam Sokol is the Times of Israel's political correspondent. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
In English, President Isaac Herzog calls on world leaders to work to free the hostages as Israel marks 300 days since the devastating October 7 attack.
“For 300 days our sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, mothers and fathers, grandparents, have been languishing in the dungeons of Hamas in Gaza,” he writes.
“Each second of every minute of every hour of these 300 days is a crime against humanity. And each second that passes the need to bring them home becomes more and more urgent,” he writes. “To all the leaders of the world who wish for peace in our region, I say clearly: help us bring our hostages home – all of them, young and old, men and women, Jews, Muslims and more. Help us bring them home now.”
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