(16 May 2025)
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Beit Lid military base, Israel – 16 May 2025
1. Supporters protesting at the gates of Beit Lid military base on behalf of a soldier who was imprisoned for refusing to fight in Gaza, chanting (Hebrew) “Children in Gaza and Sderot want to live.”
2. Pan from the protestors to police at the gate
3. Pan from a man holding banner reading (Hebrew, Arabic and English) “No to war crimes" to a man holding a loudspeaker chanting UPSOUND (Hebrew) "Well done Daniel" (referring to imprisoned soldier Daniel Yahalom)
4. Supporter hugs Haya Yahalom, the mother of the imprisoned soldier Daniel Yahalom
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Haya Yahalom, mother of imprisoned soldier Daniel Yahalom:
"This boy always cares about others even before himself. And this boy fights. He cares about the suffering of our brothers (the hostages) who are dying underground, and he is willing to pay the price. For me, he is a real warrior in the army, and I am here to spread his voice."
6. Various of protest
7. Pan from a protester holding a banner, reading (Hebrew) “Soldiers calling for a ceasefire and a hostage deal" to the crowd chanting UPSOUND (Hebrew) “It’s a political war.”
8. Protesters chanting UPSOUND (Hebrew) “Why are they still in Gaza?”
STORYLINE:
Dozens of Israelis protested at the gates of a military base on Friday in support of a soldier who was imprisoned for refusing to fight in Gaza.
Daniel Yahalom, a reserve soldier who served more than 200 days during the war, is serving five days in prison for refusing to participate in what he called an unjust war.
He’s part of a small but growing number of Israelis who are refusing to show up for service as the war drags on and Israel intensifies its operations in Gaza.
The Israeli military confirmed Yahalom was going to prison and said he was not the first to receive a prison sentence for refusing to serve during the current Israel-Hamas war.
His mother, Haya Yahalom, told the crowd: "This boy always cares about others even before himself. And this boy fights."
She continued: "He cares about the suffering of our brothers who are dying underground, and he is willing to pay the price. For me, he is a real warrior in the army, and I am here to spread his voice."
Hamas still holds 58 of the roughly 250 hostages it took during its Oct. 7 attack on Israel, with many believed held underground.
Twenty-three are believed to still be alive, although Israeli authorities have expressed concern for the status of three of those.
AP video shot by: Mahmoud Illean
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