A group of family members of people kidnapped by the radical Islamic group Hamas protests, this Friday (20), in the courtyard of the Museum of Art in Tel Aviv, Israel. The action organized by the Bring Them Home Now movement calls for the immediate release of the hostages.
The protest takes place on Shabbat, the day of the week dedicated to rest and prayer in the Jewish religion. It starts at dusk on Friday and continues until Saturday night.
As the date, which can be compared to Sunday in Christianity, is celebrated with the family, the movement organized a table with 200 chairs used to mark the absence of these hostages, who cannot spend Shabbat with their families.
To the senior analyst at CNN Américo Martins, the mother of a 22-year-old boy kidnapped by Hamas, said she believes her son is alive, although he may have been injured during the radical Islamic group’s terrorist attacks in Israel.
The Jewish religion dedicates the seventh day of the week to rest and prayers, called Shabbat, which begins in the evening of Friday until Saturday evening.
The Israel Defense Forces notified the families of 203 people who were being held hostage by the radical Islamic group Hamas. The information was confirmed by the IDF spokesman, Rear Admiral Daniel Hagari, on Thursday (19).
The military said it could not be certain about the total number of hostages held in Gaza.
A spokesman for Hamas’ military wing, the Al-Qassam Brigades, said in a video statement last week that the number of hostages captured by Hamas during the attack on Israel was between 200-250.
Video: Family friend of Hamas hostage manages to contact kidnapped people
Source: CNN Brasil
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