Orna and Ronen Neutra, parents of Israeli American Hamas-held hostage Omer Neutra, speak at Central Park on Dec. 1, 2024

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00:00Bring Omer home. Bring Omer home. Bring Omer home. Bring them all home. Bring them all home.

00:10We are the parents of Omer Nutra. Omer was born here in Manhattan 23 years ago

00:17and just celebrated a couple of weeks ago his second birthday in captivity.

00:21Nobody, nobody should be in captivity two birthday in a row and they all deserve to come home.

00:30Omer is one of seven Americans that are still held hostage and part of 101 hostages

00:39from 20 different countries from five different religions. They're all there over a year ago

00:46and they should come back to the families. They're leaving to rebuild their life and

00:53they deceased to be buried so their families have a place to visit and mourn.

01:00We, we have met President Biden. We know his commitment but this is a special moment.

01:08President-elect Trump and President Biden should work together with their teams seize the moment

01:17and reach a deal before President Trump comes into power. This can be

01:25President Trump's Reagan moment. This can be the moment that unites all of us

01:32because we have a special moment.

01:37The conditions in Lebanon, the fact that we reach a ceasefire there,

01:43all eyes are now on Gaza on Gaza and we need to reach a deal there. The people of Israel

01:49are all looking on this. Over 70% of Israelis are asking to finish it up and bring the hostages

01:57back and reach a ceasefire. We need to finish this war and bring ceasefire and get the hostages back.

02:05It's time. Seal that deal. Seal that deal. Seal that deal. Seal that deal. Seal that deal.

02:22Omer and Idan grew up here. They served on the same post next to Gaza. They were the first

02:31responders on October 7. They did the Zionistic thing. They left everything behind and gave

02:41everything they have for the country of Israel, for the love of Israel and the love of America.

02:47They deserve to come home and we need to ask and demand our leaders to do everything now to bring

02:56them home. And I just want to say on a cold day like today, it's heartwarming to see all of you

03:02here come week after week supporting us, not forgetting those hostages and demanding to get

03:09them back. Thank you. Thank you for being there. Thank you for giving us the energy to continue and

03:15not give up.