Israel-Hamas battle: Anxious wait at Tel Aviv vigil as households fear if they are going to see members of the family once more

In full sight of Israel’s Ministry of Defence, whose accountability it’s to get the hostages again safely, a everlasting vigil is held on a plaza in Tel Aviv.

Posters of the captives are caught on partitions and lampposts. The identical smiling pictures are printed on T-shirts worn by the chums and kin of the lacking.

For each face on each poster there’s a household left questioning and worrying when or if they are going to see one another once more.

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How’s the final three weeks been for you? I requested Ayelet Samerano, the mom of one of many hostages. “No life. No sleeping, no drinking, no eating, nothing. There is no life.”

This is a nationwide disaster, each bit as a lot because the assaults on 7 October had been a nationwide tragedy. 229 individuals have been held in Gaza for 3 weeks and with no phrase of whether or not they’re nonetheless alive.

They are younger and outdated, troopers and civilians, Israelis and foreigners and lots of, just like the uncle of Eden Zecharya, maintain all of Gaza accountable for their absence.

“Why are they still holding on to children? That’s the only question that should be asked at this point of time,” he mentioned.

“Why are you holding them? You want humanitarian aid, you want water to Gaza, you want electricity, so release them. That’s it. Simple.

“Tomorrow you’ll get everything back, electricity, everything. Then we will discuss what we are doing, how we are, you know, taking care of Hamas.”

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Despite rumours in latest days of a doable breakthrough in negotiations to launch some hostages, there are actually stories that Israel thinks Hamas are stringing them alongside and have run out of endurance.

Rather than condemning the bombing marketing campaign and pushing for diplomacy, many maintain religion in Israel’s navy to seek out and free their family members.

Just rescuing the hostages can be a problem sufficient in itself, although.

Doing so, whereas on the identical time making an attempt to get rid of Hamas, might be one thing a lot better and far more durable than something Israel has ever tried to do earlier than.

Their future is much from sure.