(8 Jan 2025)
RESTRICTION SUMMARY:
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv, Israel – 06 January 2025
1. 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!”
2. Har walking with an activist from the Hostages Forum
3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Luis Har, rescued hostage:
“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.”
4. Screen displaying number of days, hours, minutes, and seconds of hostages held in Gaza
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Luis Har, rescued hostage:
“As time goes by and they (hostages) are not here, it is terrible. We need to get them all back as soon as possible. And not to wait, winter or summer, what does it matter? Obviously, it’s more difficult for them in such situations, but it doesn’t matter. We need to get everyone home as soon as possible.”
6. Large banner with headline (English) “October 7th” and various of newspaper headlines
7. White tents at Hostages Square with sign reading (English) “bring them home now”
8. Har speaking with tourists
9. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Luis Har, rescued hostage:
“(Addressing hostages) Don’t lose hope, look for the light. Communicate with the hostages. I advise everyone to give them strength, think about them, think positively. I’m sure they will feel it deep down. They will know we are with them, and that we were waiting. Eventually, we will bring them all home.”
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ganei Tikva, Israel – 05 January 2025
10. Photo on mobile phone showing Or Levy (held hostage in Gaza, middle) with wife, Eynav (killed Oct. 7 at Nova Music Festival) and their son
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy:
“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.”
12. Photo on mobile phone showing hostage Or Levy with his son on his shoulders
13. Print on Michael’s t-shirt with image of his brother Or, and text reading (Hebrew) “Bring Or back.”
14. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Levy, brother of hostage Or Levy:
“For some reason, I think it’s the first time in 15 months, when I’m actually optimistic that President Trump might be able to make the difference. Because I know how much he wants it. And this time I think the conditions are ripe to actually to get to a deal, a real one.”
15. Various of poster with image of Or Levy, and white teddy with image of Or
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Michael Levy, brother of hostage, Or Levy:
19. Zoom in on building’s balcony with poster showing Or Levy’s image
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.
"We need to get everyone home as soon as possible,” said Har.
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