(25 Jan 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 25 January 2025
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1. Various of protesters marching and chanting and holding pictures of Israeli hostages in Gaza
2. Wide of hostages with banner reading (English) "Stop the killing. Get everybody out"
3. Man waving Israeli flag
4. Various of march
STORYLINE:
Despite four Israeli hostages being released from captivity in Gaza on Saturday, people held their weekly anti-government protest in Tel Aviv.
Hundreds of protesters holding banners called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign, the end of the Israel-Hamas war and the release of the remaining Israeli captives in the Gaza Strip.
Hamas released four young female Israeli soldiers on Saturday after more than 15 months in captivity.
The release of the four comes days into a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and is part of a long and uncertain process aimed at eventually ending the war.
Karina Ariev, Daniella Gilboa, Naama Levy, and Liri Albag were captured when Hamas-led militants overran the Nahal Oz military base during the Oct. 7, 2023 attack that ignited the war, killing over 60 soldiers there.
Israel and Hamas have agreed in the ceasefire’s first phase to a gradual release of 33 hostages in Gaza, in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
Three hostages were released previously during this truce in exchange for 90 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
The truce and release of hostages has sparked both hope and fear among Israelis.
Many worry that the ceasefire could collapse before all the hostages return, or that those released will arrive in poor health.
Others worry that the number of captives who have died is higher than expected.
Some 250 people were kidnapped during Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, attack that triggered 15 months of war.
More than 90 hostages remain in Gaza, although at least a third are believed to be dead.
The others were released, rescued, or their bodies were recovered.
Israel’s military campaign has killed over 47,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, which does not say how many were fighters but says more than half were women or children.
AP Video by Shlomo Mor
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