(16 Jan 2025)
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Jerusalem – 16 January 2025
1. Various of coffins covered by Israeli flags on display
2. Members of the Gvura forum posing for pictures
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Yehoshua Shani, father of Captain Ori Mordehai Shani killed on Oct.7 in Kissufim:
“We call to the government, we call to the Prime Minister, Mr. Netanyahu, don’t go, don’t vote for that deal. That deal, it’s a very dangerous deal. That deal is going to leave behind us in Gaza Strip about 70 hostages. That deal is going to bring to Judea and Samaria (partly said in Hebrew) thousands of terrorists that are going to cause a catastrophe. That deal will not let us destroy the Hamas and bring to the nation a total victory.”
4. Pictures of fallen soldiers held by members of Gvura forum
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Yehoshua Shani, father of Captain Ori Mordehai Shani who was killed on Oct.7 in Kissufim:
“Ministers and Prime Minister, if you’re going to vote on that deal, unfortunately, this is not going to be a presentation (gestures to coffins). It is families that don’t know now that they will need to deal with the pain that we’re dealing since October 7th.”
6. Wide of Shani holding a picture of his son
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yehoshua Shani, father of Captain Ori Mordehai Shani who was killed on Oct.7 in Kissufim:
“Next week, Trump and his team are going to be in the White House. It’s a historical moment that the Israeli government, with the new government in America together, could put military pressure on the Hamas that we didn’t have in the past 6-7 months. And we believe that together Israel and America, the pressure that we’re going to put on the Hamas, we’re going to get back all the hostages and it will be a real opportunity to destroy the Hamas and to bring to the nation a total victory.”
8. Woman arriving with her baby in a stroller holding a banner reading in Hebrew "Until victory"
STORYLINE:
Families of bereaved soldiers displayed coffins in Jerusalem on Thursday at a protest against the ceasefire deal.
The right-wing Gvura Forum, which represents some of the families of soldiers killed during the war, say that if Israel agrees to the proposed deal, it would be surrendering to Hamas without reaching the goals of the war.
The chairman of the forum, Yehoshua Shani, who lost his son, Captain Ori Mordehai Shani on Oct.7 said that the deal was going to "leave behind us in the Gaza Strip about 70 hostages".
He said he saw Donald Trump coming into office as an opportunity to get back all of the hostages and "destroy the Hamas to bring to the nation a total victory.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday that a “last minute crisis” with Hamas was holding up Israeli approval of a long-awaited agreement to pause the fighting in the Gaza Strip and release dozens of hostages.
Israeli airstrikes meanwhile killed dozens of people across the war-ravaged territory.
Netanyahu’s office said his Cabinet won’t meet to approve the agreement until Hamas backs down, accusing it of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt to gain further concessions.
U.S. President Joe Biden and key mediator Qatar announced the deal on Wednesday, which is aimed at releasing scores of hostages held in Gaza and winding down a 15-month war that has destabilized the Middle East and sparked worldwide protests.
AP video by Moshe Edri
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