The relatives of Israeli hostages detained by the Palestinian militant Hamas movement on Wednesday again protested in front of the house of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem. According to the DPA report, TASR reports this.
Father of one of the hostages: we will not move out of here
“We are here and we will not move from here,” said ofir Braslavski, father of Roma Braslavsky, who has German and Israeli citizenship. He said that a month and a half ago, the Prime Minister of the Israeli government promised him that he would bring back the boy. Instead, he did the opposite of Netanyahu, he did “everything to keep him back,” he said. “Blood is on your hands,” he said.
The armed movement of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (Pij) at the end of July published a video of Roma Braslavsky and another hostage. The man introduced himself in the video and begged the Israeli government to ensure his release.
There are still 48 hostages in the Palestinian enclave
Anat Engraving, the mother of the hostage of Matan England, accused Israeli Prime Minister of sacrificing the remaining hostages at the beginning of the ground operation in Gaza. In addition, she spoke to the soldiers who participate in this operation and their mothers, and said that if Hamas can carry them as hostages, “this government will not bring them back”.
There are 48 hostages in the Palestinian enclave, whose Hamas militants kidnapped during an attack on Israel, October 7, 2023, after which Israel started a large military offensive in the Gaza Strip. In the past period, Israel intensifies its operation in the Palestinian territory, despite international pressure to end the war in which more than 65,000 Palestinians died over 23 months, and ensured the release of the remaining hostages, of which about 20 are alive, according to Israel.