(10 Feb 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 10 February 2025
1. Various of people gathered in Hostages Square
2. Woman crying
3. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Idit Ohel, mother of hostage, Alon Ohel:
"Tonight I am addressing the members of the Cabinet of the Government of Israel, to you Prime Minister. After all the sights you saw, after all the testimonies you heard from the survivors of captivity, how do you allow this situation to continue, how can it be that the Cabinet did not meet yesterday to advance the return of all the hostages next in line? What are you waiting for, for God’s sake"?
4. Man listening
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Idit Ohel, mother of hostage, Alon Ohel:
"Mr. President (Trump), thank you for the effort you and your staff are making to bring back the hostages. Today is Alon’s 24th birthday. I’m asking you with all my heart, do everything in your power to ensure that this deal is continued. Do everything so that Alon and all the hostages will return home. "
6. People applauding
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Yair Moses, son of recently released hostage, Gadi Moses:
"I really hope it’s just like power games and with the help of the negotiations we will be able to agree about what is the problem and solve it, and we will be able to see more hostages getting released on (this) coming Saturday."
8. Pictures of hostages on tent
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Yair Moses, son of recently released hostage, Gadi Moses:
"Bringing them home must be the most important thing to everyone, to Israel, and the whole world needs to push for this to happen. "
10. Posters of hostages
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Dr. Hagai Levine, Head of the health team at the Hostages Families Forum:
"The hostages are in a clear and present danger. Their lives are at risk. We saw the whole pictures of the released hostages. Those who are still in there may be in worse conditions. They simply don’t have time. Delaying their release means that some of them will not survive. We have to do whatever it takes to get them out of hell and back to life as quickly as possible."
12. Pan of people at Hostages Square
STORYLINE:
A Hamas spokesperson said on Monday the group will delay the next planned release of hostages in the Gaza Strip after accusing Israel of violating the ceasefire agreement.
The announcement was the first major crisis for the fragile ceasefire.
It came at a sensitive time, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under heavy pressure to bring home hostages after last Saturday’s release, in which three Israelis came home emaciated after 16 months in Hamas captivity.
Families of remaining hostages called on mediating countries to restore the existing deal.
The mother of a remaining hostage, Idit Ohel, said the newly released men said her son, Alon, and others has been chained for over a year and urged US President Donald Trump and the Israeli government to make a deal to release all the remaining hostages.
She spoke at an event for Alon’s 24th birthday at hostage square.
The head of the health team at the Hostages Families Forum, Dr. Hagai Levine, said the hostages were in "a clear and present danger".
"We have to do whatever it takes to get them out of hell and back to life as quickly as possible," he said.
Israel and Hamas are in the midst of a six-week ceasefire during which Hamas has committed to releasing 33 hostages captured in its Oct. 7, 2023, attack in exchange for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners.
The sides have carried out five swaps since the ceasefire went into effect last month, freeing 21 hostages and over 730 Palestinian prisoners.
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