“Bring them home now!“: Israeli protesters demand safe return of hostages

Around 100 protesters in Tel Aviv demonstrated outside of Israel’s defence ministry on Saturday, demanding the safe return of hostages held by Hamas. Israel has vowed to annihilate Hamas after its fighters burst out of Gaza a week ago and stormed through towns and villages, killing 1,300 Israelis, mainly civilians, and making off with scores of hostages. Since then, Israel has placed the Hamas-run Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million Palestinians, under a total siege and bombarded it with unprecedented air strikes. Gaza authorities have said 2,200 people have been killed, a quarter of them children, and nearly 10,000 wounded. Israel has said it has confirmed the identities of 120 that are being held by Hamas captors and has informed their next of kin. As Israel prepares for an all-out ground assault on the Gaza Strip, family members of people missing since Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack are demanding the government priorities rescuing the hostages. For more info, please go to https://glob