Tens of thousands of people gathered in Tel Aviv, Jerusalem and elsewhere on Saturday night to demand a return of at least 239 hostages held by Hamas, as they marked 36 days since they were taken during Hamas’s harrowing assault on southern Israel.
In Tel Aviv, activists also marked the birthday of Sasha Trupanov, who was kidnapped with his entire family and girlfriend. His friends from university, where Trupanov finished studying electrical engineering a year ago, stood on stage for a tearful rendition of “Happy Birthday” along with singer Shai Gabso.
“With each day the distress grows heavier, knowing of the nights our loved ones are spending in an unknown place and condition,” former president Reuven Rivlin told the crowd, which packed into the square in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and spilled out into adjacent streets.
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