US EditionHostage Families Sail Toward Gaza Calling for Israel to End the War
GAZA STRIP, PALESTINE, AUG 7 – Families aboard a flotilla near Gaza's coast tossed 50 yellow life jackets to signal distress and called for hostage releases amid government plans for a military operation, organizers said.
- On Thursday, families of 50 Israeli hostages sailed from Ashkelon towards Gaza’s maritime border to urge an end to the war and a hostage deal.
- Their voyage coincides with the Israeli security cabinet’s scheduled decision on whether to launch a comprehensive military operation to retake Gaza, intensifying a conflict that has persisted for nearly two years following the Hamas-led attacks on October 7.
- The flotilla could not approach the shore as Gaza remains cut off by restrictions, and families symbolically tossed 50 yellow life jackets while calling for the safe return of hostages.
- Hostage family forum member Lior Horev called the sailing an SOS and warned prolonging the war would be a death sentence for at least 20 hostages believed alive, with 28 declared deceased.
- The demonstrations aim to pressure Prime Minister Netanyahu’s government, opposing the war expansion that families say endangers hostages and urge prioritizing a comprehensive deal to bring all 50 captives home immediately.
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Hostage families sail toward Gaza calling for Israel to end the war
The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, as well as the opposition and a large part of the Israeli public, are strongly against the expansion of the operation, arguing it would put their loved ones at even more risk.
More than 20 people boarded boats to approach the enclave and send messages of support to their loved ones and draw attention to their suffering.
Hostage Families Stage Flotilla Near Gaza: 'Bring Back Our Children Before It's Too Late'
JERUSALEM (VINnews) — “Shayetet 50,” a flotilla carrying relatives of some of the hostages still being held in Gaza, set sail on Thursday morning, heading south to get as close as possible to their loved ones in captivity. The boats left the Ashkelon marina at 11:00 a.m. local time, sailing south towards Gaza, and continued […]
Hostage families on protest flotilla to Gaza: 'Don't sacrifice our loved ones'
As Israel’s Security Cabinet debates a full-scale assault and occupation of the Strip, families of captives lead a maritime protest off the Gaza coast, demanding an end to the war and warning expanded operations will endanger their loved ones
Families of Israeli hostages boarded several boats on Thursday morning in the direction of the Gaza Strip coast in order to "approve as much as possible" their loved ones captive to Hamas, according to an AFP videographer present on one of the boats. ...
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