‘We have said everything and nothing helps,’ says sister of hostage at Tel Aviv rally

By Jessica Steinberg

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14 January 2024, 1:14 am 1 Edit

Jessica Steinberg, The Times of Israel's culture and lifestyles editor, covers the Sabra scene from south to north and back to the center

Merav Svirsky speaks at the Tel Aviv rally for the hostages on January 14, 2024. (Screen capture)

“We have said everything and nothing helps,” says Merav Svirsky, whose parents were murdered on October 7 in Kibbutz Be’eri and her brother Itai Svirsky was taken hostage.

“How can we raise kids here and promise them everything will be okay if we know that we left the hostages there?” she says at the Tel Aviv rally demanding the release of the hostages.

“How can we talk about going back to the [Gaza border] communities if their members are held over the border?”

“We need this nightmare to have a good end,” says Svirsky. “My parents won’t come back, but I want to have hope.”