(22 Feb 2025)
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Tel Aviv, Israel – 22 February 2025
++NIGHT SHOTS++
1. High wide shot of protesters
2. Protesters with posters reading (English) "63 more to go" (Hebrew) "What are you waiting for?’
3. Poster reading (English) "We can save the rest"
4. Wide top shot of protesters
5. Posters reading (English) "End the bloodshed" and "Don’t blow the deal"
6. Various of protesters
7. Various of protesters around banner reading (Hebrew) "Now more then ever – everybody home now!" with smoke, fire and flares UPSOUND: drums, chanting, singing
STORYLINE:
Protesters took to the streets for their weekly demonstration on Saturday in Tel Aviv to demand the immediate release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza.
Six Israeli men held hostage in the Gaza Strip were freed earlier Saturday, bringing to 25 the number of Israeli captives released by militants as part of a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that began last month.
They were the last of the living hostages slated for release in the current phase of the deal. A total of 33 Israelis — including the remains of eight who died or were killed in captivity — are expected to be handed over in exchange for almost 2,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel. Five Thai citizens abducted while working in Israel on the day of the attack were freed last month separately.
Five of the hostages were released Saturday in staged ceremonies that both Israel and the Red Cross have condemned.
It remains unclear if the sides will continue into a second stage of the ceasefire meant to end the war and bring home all remaining hostages.
Hamas-led militants took 251 hostages during their Oct. 7, 2023, attack that launched the war in Gaza. Over 60 hostages remain in Gaza, roughly half of whom are believed to be dead. The others were released, rescued, or their bodies were recovered.
Israel’s military campaign has killed over 48,000 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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