On Saturday morning, after a video of hostage Evyatar David in Hamas captivity illustrating his dire and worrying condition was released to the public, hundreds of Israelis braved the hot summer morning and took to Hostage Square to stand in solidarity with family members of hostages being held in the Gaza Strip.

If there's one issue that encapsulates the widening gap between Benjamin Netanyahu's government and the Jewish diaspora – especially, though not exclusively, in the United States…

The Hostages and Missing Families Forum called on Israelis to join protests to call for the hostages' release at Hostage Square and other locations in Israel on Saturday evening.