300 days after Hamas kidnapped Israeli civilians hostage in the Gaza Strip, their relatives and thousands of other people gathered in Tel Aviv to protest. “No victory without the return of the hostages,” chanted demonstrators near the Defense Ministry on Thursday, an AFP reporter reported. Many wore yellow T-shirts with the word “300” printed on them and held up signs with pictures of the abducted people.
The Hostage Families Forum, which represents the abducted people, had called a meeting under the slogan “Enough is enough, we demand an agreement”. March followed by a rally called.
“Today marks 300 days since more than 1,200 innocent people were violently murdered and hundreds were abducted in the Gaza Strip,” the forum said in a statement.
“We call on Prime Minister (Benjamin) Netanyahu and the Israeli government to implement the agreement you have proposed and supported by (US) President Joe Biden to sign approved agreements“, the statement continued. The agreement is “the only viable way to secure their release, end the conflict and begin a process of healing and reconstruction in the region,” it said.
