The march of thousands of people demanding the release of the hostages held in Loop by the Islamist movement Hamas came to Jerusalem this Saturday, after several days of travel.
“bring them home now”, cried, as they had for several weeks, several thousand protesters, led by the relatives of the hostages, who were to gather later in front of the prime minister’s office, Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The crowd, which left on Tuesday Tel Avivabout sixty kilometers away, reached Jerusalem in the afternoon waving Israeli flags and portraits of the hostages, indicated AFP journalists at the scene.
Relatives, friends and supporters of the hostages held by Hamas in Gaza participate in a march from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, at the entrance to Jerusalem, on November 18, 2023. (Photo by EFE/EPA/ABIR SULTAN)
The families, who accuse the government of not providing them with information about its efforts to achieve the release of the hostages, will meet after the demonstration with two members of the war cabinet, Benny Gantz and Gadi Eizenkot.
The meeting will take place in Tel Aviv, at the headquarters of the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Personsthe organization created to provide assistance to the relatives of the approximately 240 hostages identified by Israeli authorities.
Several sources have reported ongoing negotiations, mediated by Qatarto try to free the hostages held in the Gaza Strip in exchange for a truce in the fighting.
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The Israeli government has, however, so far rejected any call for a ceasefire in the conflict with Hamaswhich considers a terrorist group, just like USA and the European Union.
The hostages were kidnapped on October 7when fighters from the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas carried out an attack on Israeli soil that left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, according to Israeli authorities.
In response, Israel launched a bombing campaign in the Strip Loop, accompanied by a ground operation, which has already caused 12,000 deaths, according to the latest balance of the Ministry of Health governed by Hamas. Among the deceased, there would be 5,000 children and 3,300 women.
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