(8 Aug 2025)
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Kfar Achim, Israel – 8 August 2025
1. Wide of former hostages and others listening to speaker
2. Pan of attendees holding posters with photos of hostages
3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker:
"We didn’t choose, our loved ones didn’t choose to be kidnapped, but it happened on the current government’s watch, and we don’t want anything. We just want this government to listen to us, to listen to the families, to listen to the people who demand returning everybody. Until they return, our table cannot be full."
4. Former hostage Raz Ben Ami lighting traditional candle
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Noah Perry, daughter of Haim Perry who died in Hamas captivity:
"You can stop this even now, after this decision. Stop this. We know this decision is going to cause a lot of unwanted death of more soldiers and hostages. Take this down. Stop it now! Bring all hostages back in one deal. Stop the war now."
6. Former hostage Ohad Ben Ami finishing prayer and taking sip of traditional wine, passes cup to Raz Ben Ami
7. Mid of Einav Zangauker hugging woman
STORYLINE:
A group of former Hamas hostages, along with the families of those still in captivity, organised a solemn Shabbat reception ceremony Friday near the Israeli Defense Minister’s residence in Kfar Achim to protest the cabinet’s decision to fully occupy Gaza City.
Israel said early Friday that it plans to take over Gaza City, drawing rejection from the Palestinians and international condemnation.
The decision, agreed in a late-night meeting Thursday of its security Cabinet, marks a further escalation of Israel’s 22-month war with Hamas.
It also provoked worries in Israel over the fate of hostages still held in Gaza.
Noah Perry, the daughter of hostage Haim Perry who died in Hamas captivity, urged the government to "stop the war now."
"We know this decision is going to cause a lot of unwanted death of more soldiers and hostages. Take this down. Stop it now! Bring all hostages back in one deal," she said.
Another major ground operation would almost certainly exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe, in which Israel’s air and ground war has pushed the territory toward famine.
Meanwhile, mediators from Egypt and Qatar are working on a new framework that will include the release of all hostages — dead and alive — in one go in return for an end of the war in Gaza and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from the strip, two Arab officials told The Associated Press.
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