Protesters demand October 7 investigation two years after murder of six Gaza hostages
The protest took place two years after Hamas' murder of the hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino.
Protesters gathered in Tel Aviv on Sunday to call for a thorough investigation into the October 7 massacre, which claimed the lives of six Israeli hostages. The Women Demand Life movement, which organized the demonstration, focused their attention on the six victims: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino. The protestors displayed cutouts of the victims' faces and a banner reading "We won't forget, they could have returned alive."
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum had previously expressed their sorrow over the deaths of the hostages, describing them as being taken alive, enduring captivity, and ultimately being murdered. The forum noted that a deal for their return had been under negotiation for over two months, and suggested that delays, sabotage, and excuses had led to their deaths.
They urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to take responsibility for the hostages' fate, both for those who survived for rehabilitation and those who perished and were to be buried in their homeland.
The forum's statement emphasized the need to bring the hostages home, both physically and symbolically, calling for an end to the delays and obstacles preventing their return.
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