(8 Jan 2025)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel – 06 January 2025
1. Large banner with headline (English) “October 7th” and various of newspaper headlines
2. White tents at Hostages Square with sign reading (English) “bring them home now”
3. Luis Har, rescued in mid-February from Gaza captivity in an Israeli raid, talking
4. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Luis Har, rescued hostage:
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“We felt that the winter is harsher than here (in Israel). I don’t know if it’s the proximity to the sea or, I don’t know. But it was really cold. And the rain was, really like thunder storms, everything was shaking. We had several blankets on us, and we even felt this feeling of such penetrating cold in our bones, and it was very, very difficult.”
5. Luis Har, rescued in mid-February from Gaza captivity in an Israeli raid, standing next to empty yellow chairs installation at the Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, with large yellow poster in background reading (Hebrew) “now!”
6. Screen displaying number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds of hostages held in Gaza
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ganei Tikva, Israel – 05 January 2025
7. Various of poster with image of Or Levy(held hostage in Gaza), and white teddy with image of Or
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy:
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“You see rainy day, or a cold day or whatever is going on outside, a storm, and it kills you. I mean, you are.. I’m here, I have clothes, I have blankets, I’m in a safe place, and I try to imagine him in a horrible place. It is a horrible place. Even animals are not suited for those conditions. So, all I have is to pray that he’s somehow okay and know that the human spirit is stronger than anything, and he knows that he has something to live for, his son.”
9. Print on Michael’s t-shirt with image of his brother Or, and text reading (Hebrew) “Bring Or back.”
10. Photo on mobile phone showing hostage Or Levy with his son on his shoulders
11. Photo on mobile phone showing Or Levy with wife, Eynav (killed Oct. 7 at Nova Music Festival) and their son
STORYLINE:
When Luis Har was kidnapped by Hamas-led militants on the warm morning of Oct. 7, 2023, he was forced into Gaza wearing shorts and a t-shirt.
As his captivity stretched into weeks and then months, the cold, wet winter set in, bringing along with it a dread he had never endured before.
“I felt a penetrating cold in my bones,” said Har, 71, who was rescued in mid-February in an Israeli military raid.
With no heating in the apartment where he was held, the cold from the floor permeated his thin mattress at night.
Fighting outside shattered the apartment windows, sending in rain and wind.
While Har is spending this winter warm and free, dozens of hostages still in captivity are not.
Their families and supporters are desperate for a ceasefire deal to bring an end to their 15-month-long nightmare.
"We need to get everyone home as soon as possible,” said Har.
The hostages often experience the same dire circumstances as hundreds of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza, whether it be food scarcity, the dangers from Israeli bombardments or the winter.
The war in Gaza, sparked by Hamas’ attack, has displaced most of Gaza’s 2.3 million population, many of whom are weathering a second winter in tents that are barely holding up against the wind and rain.
The hostages range in age from 1 to 86 years old, and are believed to be scattered throughout the Gaza Strip.
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