Tens of thousands of participants in a protest march for hostages held by the Islamic terrorist organization Hamas arrived in Jerusalem on Saturday. They demonstrated there in front of the official residence of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The march began on Tuesday in the coastal metropolis of Tel Aviv, about 70 kilometers away. Many protesters held posters with photos of those kidnapped.
They demanded an immediate agreement from the government to release the hostages who have been held in the Gaza Strip for six weeks. “Now, now, now,” they sang over and over again. “Humanitarian aid only in exchange for the release of all hostages,” read one banner.
The color yellow symbolizes solidarity with kidnapped children, women, men and elderly people. Many Israelis have been wearing yellow ribbons on their wrists for weeks and tying them in highly visible places.
On October 7, terrorists from the Islamic group Hamas and other groups kidnapped around 240 hostages in the Gaza Strip in massacres and attacks in the Israeli border area. Four were later released and one was released. The bodies of two Israeli women were also recovered in Gaza. How many of the others are still alive is unclear.