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| ‘Live hunger experiments’: Thousands rally for hostage deal after haunting videos of captives |
| 2025-08-03 |
| [IsraelTimes] Some 10,000 people on Saturday evening rallied at Hostages Square in Tel Aviv to demand the release of the captives, after terror groups in Gaza published footage showing hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski severely emaciated and David being forced to dig what he said he fears will be his own grave in a Gaza tunnel. Thousands more demonstrated a block away outside the Begin Road entrance to the IDF’s headquarters, and in other rallies across the country, marking some of the highest turnouts at the demonstrations in recent weeks. After the Hostages Square rally, hostage families and their supporters recited traditional Jewish songs of mourning and read the biblical Scroll of Lamentations, in accordance with the customs of the day-long Tisha B’Av beginning Saturday evening to commemorate the destruction of the two ancient Jewish temples. A regular anti-government protest at Hostages Square was canceled due to the fast. ‘STOP EVERYTHING’ Earlier Saturday, US special envoy Steve Witkoff visited hostage families at the square and told them that Washington has despaired of partial hostage deals and is now seeking a comprehensive agreement to end the war and release all the hostages. Hostage families have long assailed Netanyahu for failing to pursue such a deal, though a senior Israeli official told reporters on Thursday that “there will be no more partial hostage deals.†Dozens of protesters block Ayalon Highway, demanding deal to free all hostages [IsraelTimes] Dozens of protesters demanding a deal to free hostages held in Gaza are blocking the southbound lanes of the Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv. They carry a sign reading, “abandonment of the hostages = destruction of the Third Temple. Everyone in a deal — leave Gaza.â€
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #6 The solution is fairly obvious. Peace is not what the bastids desire. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-08-03 07:50 |
| #5 I think Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 may have it. Hamas does not care about political recognition — they haven’t done any political maneuvering to get control of the Palestinian Authority in the West Bank even though, apparently, they would win an election there, too. They just want Israel and the world Judenfrei. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2025-08-03 07:32 |
| #4 Hamas doesn't care if Gazans die - der hungerplan as described above plays right into the hands of antisemites. They want tear-jerking photos of suffering civilians to stoke the flames of Jew hate. |
| Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 2025-08-03 04:27 |
| #3 ^Recognition of Palestinian state by Euros, Canucks, Ausies, & Brits. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-03 04:18 |
| #2 /\ Exactly! Where is the incentive ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-08-03 03:58 |
| #1 If we lived in a sane world, there would be no food, water, and electricity delivered to Gaza until the hostages are freed. |
| Posted by: Grom the Affective 2025-08-03 01:01 |