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Hostage rallies press Trump, Netanyahu to not let deal fall apart before all go free
[IsraelTimes] Israelis rallied on behalf of hostages held in the Gaza Strip Saturday as they whiplashed between jubilation for three more captives released hours earlier and worries for the fates of dozens yet to be released from hellish, subhuman conditions.With Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to meet US President Donald Trump ...So far he's been unkillable, and they've tried.... in Washington this week, both the main hostage rally and a weekly protest featured appeals from relatives of hostages thanking the American leader and demanding that the Israeli premier not allow pressure from far-right political allies to scuttle the ceasefire and hostage release deal reached with Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppressionand disproportionate response... ’s Hamas  ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,...terror group. "Today we were filled with joy and hope to see families reunited," Romi Cohen, twin sister of hostage soldier Nimrod Cohen, told the Hostage Square gathering. "This was only possible because of the deal, it is the result of a massive 15-month effort by everyone, especially President Trump and the negotiating team." "Keep fighting," she urged the crowd. "Don’t let the deal collapse before everyone comes home." Hamas has so far released 18 hostages — civilians, soldiers and Thai nationals — during a ceasefire that began on January 19, including the three men freed on Saturday: Keith Siegel, Ofer Calderon and Yarden Bibas. Seventy-six of the 251 hostages kidnapped by Hamas on October 7 remain in Gaza, including the bodies of at least 34 confirmed dead by the IDF. Plans are in place for the release of at least 20 more hostages under the first phase of the deal, but negotiations for the release of the rest under future stages are only set to begin this week. Netanyahu, facing pressure from right-wing allies to end the ceasefire and resume battling Hamas, has reportedly asked the Israel Defense Forces to draw up plans for restarting the 15-month-old war, Channel 13 news said Saturday. At an anti-government protest for the hostages outside Defense Ministry headquarters in Tel Aviv, relatives of hostages accused Netanyahu of already laying the groundwork to torpedo the deal but spin the move so Hamas is blamed. Posted by: trailing wife 2025-02-02 |
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