Live Update 
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 9, 2023
From the Liveblog of
Thursday, November 9, 2023
‘There’ll be no ceasefire without return of the hostages,’ Herzog promises families
President Isaac Herzog meets families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas in Gaza, on November 9, 2023 in Tel Aviv. (Channel 12 screenshot; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the copyright law))
President Isaac Herzog meets at the renamed “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv with families of Israelis held hostage in Gaza.
“We are here… to embrace, to strengthen and to pray with the families of the hostages,” he says.
“Israel is doing everything in its power, and it is missing no opportunity to reach the moment when we will bring the hostage home,” he promises. “This is the holiest mission we have, along with defeating Hamas in the war being fought by the best of our soldiers in Gaza.
“We are dealing with a bitter, cruel enemy,” he says. “It knows no God.”
“There will be no ceasefire without the return of the hostages,” Herzog vows.
