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‘It’s Hard to Believe How Hostages’ Families Are Treated. Is This My Country?’

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100 Hostages, 454 Days in Captivity |

Yosef Engel, whose grandson Ofir Engel was released in a hostage deal last year, attends every hostage-related protest in Jerusalem, but he rarely sees any Knesset members there. ‘They say they’re in favor of a deal. Great – do something!’

Yael Freidson

Yael Freidson

At Wednesday’s protest encampment in Jerusalem for the release of the hostages, the biting winter cold served as a reminder that the hostages were spending yet another Hanukkah in Gaza.

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