Families of Israeli hostages held in Gaza have stepped up pressure on their country’s government led by Benjamin Netanyahu: “The time for patience is over. From now on we will fight.” According to the Israeli military, the families of 224 hostages were contacted to report that their relatives were being held hostage in Gaza.
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Families of Israeli hostages held by Hamas have warned Gaza strip On Thursday evening, they confirmed that their patience had run out and demanded that the government get them immediately.
The Forum for Families of Hostages and Missing Persons told reporters in Tel Aviv: “The time for patience is over. From now on we will fight.”
According to the Israeli military, the families of 224 hostages were contacted to report that their relatives were being held hostage in Gaza.
Merav Leshem Gonen, the mother of hostage Romi Gonen, said: “We demand that the (war) government talk to us tonight and tell us how they want to send them back today. We are intensifying the struggle, we will not wait any longer. We want someone to lead us. We are conducting a protest.
In this regard, Iyal Sheni, the father of 19-year-old soldier Roni Sheni, who did not know whether he had been taken hostage or disappeared, said: The government has been silent for twenty days and we are doing everything ourselves. “
Addressing members of the government, he added: “I ask you one thing: take action, help us and take responsibility.”
In Madrid, relatives of Israeli hostages held by Hamas held a press conference on Thursday in which they demanded that the International Committee of the Red Cross be allowed to visit their relatives, check on their health and provide them with needed medicine.
“We know the Red Cross is in Gaza, so we want to ask the Red Cross to see how our families are doing,” said Merav Mor Raviv, whose uncle, his wife, their daughter and their grandson were detained.
A press conference was held at the Jewish Community Center in Madrid.
These relatives started a European tour at the initiative of Israeli civil society and in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs, they explained at the beginning of the press conference.
To date, the tour has included Paris and Madrid, and Brussels, Copenhagen, The Hague, Vienna, Berlin and Rome, according to the same source.
The Hamas movement’s military wing announced on Thursday that it estimated that “about 50” Israeli hostages had been killed in Israeli strikes in the Gaza Strip since the beginning of the war.
Hamas has so far released four women held hostage in the Gaza Strip.
An unprecedented structure of hybrid cooperation called “Thousands of Volunteers” was created in Israel, a platform that brings together experts from civil society and reserve soldiers of the famous intelligence unit 8200. Hostage identities and locations.
As for the families of the hostages, they are gathering at the “Forum for Families of Hostages and Missing Persons” and are mobilizing their own resources, including diplomatic resources.
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