Families of killed and abducted Israelis face grim Passover

(18 Apr 2024)
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Tel Aviv - 16 April 2024
1. Yellow ribbons at Hostage Square
2. Poster of baby Kfir Bibas, held hostage in Gaza
3. Yellow ribbons at Hostages Square
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Alon Gat, whose sister Carmel is held hostage in Gaza:
"My mother was murdered on the 7th of October, 50 meters from her home. And my sister Carmel, this is the only thing she knows is that my mother was murdered. She saw her on the way out from the kibbutz with the terrorists. And now she's held in Gaza for the last half a year, and she's suffering every second over there."
5. Gat walking next to table set with plates, chairs and wine glasses at Hostages Square
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Alon Gat, whose sister Carmel is held hostage in Gaza:
“In the last half a year we are trying to get my sister out of Gaza. She is a hostage for the last half a year, and now we're getting to the Passover and to the Seder. And we want to celebrate the holiday, but we really can't do it because my sister is now in Gaza. And also my mother that was the one that's running the Seder, the one organizing it was murdered brutally on the 7th of October. So, I don't really understand how I can celebrate it right now."
7. Various of long table set at Hostages Square
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Alon Gat, whose sister Carmel is held hostage in Gaza:
“We just going to sit and eat a normal dinner, because we can't really celebrate any freedom right now because we don't have our freedom. Carmel doesn't have her freedom right now. We need them back right now. “
9. Alon Gat entering an installation simulating a tunnel displayed at Hostages Square
10. Gat inside installation simulating a tunnel
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Alon Gat, whose sister Carmel is held hostage in Gaza:
“Half a year has passed, and they are not here yet, and we need to press everyone we can to get them here now, right now, as soon as possible. And we need to do it by pressing Hamas, that Qatar will press Hamas to get into a deal that will release the hostages and to press everyone you can, press everyone you know, that they will press as well to get to a deal, because the pressure is the one that impacts Hamas.”
12. Photo of Carmel, held hostage in Gaza, printed on Alon’s Gat t-shirt

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Holon - 16 April 2024
13. Photo showing Agam Berger playing violin
14. Agam’s violin in her room
15. Pan from Shlomi Berger touching Israeli flag to presents for Agam on her table
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Shlomi Berger, whose daughter Agam is held hostage in Gaza:
"Passover is coming next week. We didn't think, you know, worst dreams that we'll get to this minute. Almost 200 days. And now Agam is not home. We say that Pesach is the freedom holiday, but for us there is no freedom, there is no holiday because Agam and the other hostages are not here."
17. Berger talking
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Shlomi Berger, whose daughter Agam is held hostage in Gaza:
“We are preparing ourselves to the holiday, but we don't have any mood to celebrate. Some of the families are doing this holiday together, you know, ten (families). So, we decided the best place for us is with the families that we feel that we are bonded together, we understand each other.”
19. Photo of Agam and Shabbat candlesticks
20. Photo of Agam and Magen David (the Star of David)
21. SOUNDBITE (English) Shlomi Berger, whose daughter Agam is held hostage in Gaza:
“We dream of to get a phone call and (to be) said Agam is on her way, and we will make Passover here at home or in the hospital with her. This is our biggest dream.”
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