TEL AVIV: Tens of thousands of Israelis gathered beneath a screen in Tel Aviv marking 735 days since Hamas took hostages to Gaza, finally daring to hope a ceasefire will herald an end to their ordeal.
“My emotions are immense, there are no words to describe them — for me, for us, for all of Israel, which wants the hostages home and waits to see them all return,” said Einav Zangauker, mother of 25-year-old hostage Matan Zangauker.
“We finally feel hope, but we cannot and will not stop now,” added Zairo Shachar Mohr Munder.
The body of his uncle, Abraham Munder — abducted on October 7, 2023, during Hamas’s unprecedented assault on Israel by air, sea, and land — was recovered by the Israeli army in Gaza in August.
“All hostages must come home — the living and the dead,” he said during the rally, organized by families of the captives.
