Demonstration in Tel Aviv to support families of hostages held by Hamas

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00:00 A rally of anguish and heartbreak.

00:05 Loved ones of those held hostage by Hamas, crying out for their release, or any news

00:10 at all.

00:11 I think mom and dad are murdered.

00:12 I think they murdered my neighbor.

00:13 I don't know where is my sister and where am I?

00:25 Members of the Kvar Aza kibbutz descended on Tel Aviv on Thursday, wearing red blindfolds,

00:31 hand bound and holding pictures of their missing relatives.

00:35 Located just three kilometers from Gaza, Kvar Aza was one of the hardest hit communities

00:40 by the Hamas assault on October 7th.

00:42 Among those at the rally in Tel Aviv was Mira, whose daughter Amit Susanna is being held

00:48 captive.

00:52 The last time we spoke was on Saturday at 10am and I heard them knocking on the door

00:57 and the window.

00:58 And there was gunfire outside and she was screaming, "Mom, I'm afraid.

01:03 There's an attack.

01:04 They're everywhere.

01:05 Where's the army?"

01:06 And then she said the battery is about to die and that was it.

01:10 Some 240 hostages still remain and frustration is growing over the slow progress made by

01:15 the military to bring them to safety.

01:27 With no information on their whereabouts, many are asking why some and not others have

01:32 been released.

01:33 The worry is also growing that Israel's punishing bombing campaign of the Gaza Strip

01:37 is putting the hostages at severe risk.

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