Hundreds gather in Tel Aviv Hostages Square on Yom Kippur to pray for the kidnapped hostages

(11 Oct 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel - 11 October 2024
1. Various of people praying in central Tel Aviv Hostages Square
2. SOUNDBITE (English) Shay Dickmann, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat who was killed in captivity:
“So today's Yom Kippur. It's a very special day in the Jewish tradition in which we say that we are sorry for things that have happened in the last year and ask for forgiveness from our friends, from God. And this year, there's a lot to be sorry for. For me personally, I lost my cousin this year. Carmel, my beautiful cousin, was kidnaped and taken hostage a year ago.”
3. Wide of gathering in square
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Shay Dickmann, cousin of hostage Carmel Gat who was killed in captivity:
“I say today: don't say that you're sorry. Bring on a deal that will save the lives of the other hostages who can still be saved. Carmel survived 328 days in captivity before she was brutally murdered by her captors. Today is a day to think how can we act differently in order to avoid such horrors.”
5. Various of prayers
6. Various of banquet table with empty chairs symbolising missing or killed hostages
7. Mid of banner with portraits of hostages
STORYLINE:
Hundreds gathered in central Tel Aviv's Hostages Square on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages kidnapped on Oct. 7 2023.
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and calls on Jews to atone and repent for sins committed in the previous year.
Shay Dickmann, whose cousin Carmel Gat was killed in captivity, said she hoped the day of reflection would inspire action in solving the hostage crisis.
“I say today: don't say that you're sorry. Bring on a deal that will save the lives of the other hostages who can still be saved. Carmel survived 328 days in captivity before she was brutally murdered by her captors. Today is a day to think how can we act differently in order to avoid such horrors,” she said.
Hamas took some 250 hostages during the Oct. 7 attack that killed about 1,200 people.
Around 100 hostages have not been returned, a third of whom are believed to be dead, after most of the rest were released during a weeklong cease-fire in November.
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