Families of kidnapped hostages join thousands of supporters in a protest at the Family of Hostages Square outside The Kiryato on Saturday to demand that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu secure the release of Israeli hostagesl.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — A scattered group of runners hustled along the sparkling blue water of the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv’s Jaffa Port early Saturday morning.
They gathered not to run for themselves, but for the more than 240 hostages still held by Hamas. Each of the runners wore Israeli flags or a race bib that said “Bring them home” and bore the images and names of individuals taken by Hamas.
That same evening, people gathered in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv for demonstrations in support of the hostages. Other protests were held criticizing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government for a perceived failure of properly preparing for, and reacting to, the attack by Hamas.
At a crowded rally in downtown Tel Aviv Saturday night, makeshift memorials were erected inside the plaza of the city’s art museum square honoring those still missing. Friends and families of the kidnapped and concerned Israelis wore shirts and carried signs with the names and faces of those being held hostage.
The events were held on the weekend marking one month since the Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas, when at least 1,400 people were killed.
Margalit Zur, a 77-year-old Israeli woman who called for the immediate return of the hostages during the rally Saturday said her trust in her government and her feeling of safety in Israel have been shaken.
She’s unable to think of little else other than the children and babies kidnapped by Hamas, she said.
“I really…
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