The relatives of the Hamas hostages still held in the Gaza Strip have called on Israel to stop the fighting. “We only accept bodies,” said Noam Perry, whose father Haim Perry is still in the hands of Hamas.
“We want you to stop the fighting and start negotiations,” she said at a Forum for Hostages and Missing Families in Tel Aviv on Saturday.
Israeli murder scandal
In Israel, the accidental killing of three hostages by Israeli soldiers sparked mourning and protests. The men were shot dead during fighting in Shejaiya, in the north of the Gaza Strip.
Initial investigation revealed that the men had approached the soldiers with a makeshift white flag, but the latter saw this as a threat – even though the dead were shirtless. The hostages also shouted for “help” in Hebrew. A soldier shouted ‘terrorists’ and then fire was opened.
Angry protests in Tel Aviv
Shortly after the incident became public, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, demanding a quick new deal with Hamas to release the remaining hostages. According to the latest Israeli information, 129 hostages are still being held by the radical Islamic Palestinian organization.
“We feel like we are playing Russian roulette,” Ruby Chen, father of a 19-year-old hostage, said on Saturday. “They told us that the ground offensive would bring back the abductees,” Chen said. The hostages have since returned, “but not alive,” he criticized.
Source: Krone
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