Rally by Israeli families demanding release of hostages held by Hamas interrupted by warning sirens

(27 Oct 2023)
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ASSOCIATED PRESS
Tel Aviv - 26 October 2023
1. Rally attendees seated; UPSOUND of siren and people getting up to look for shelter
HEADLINE: Israeli families demand release of hostages

2. Various of people looking for shelter
ANNOTATION: An event by the families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas was delayed by an air siren alert, prompting people to look for shelter.

ANNOTATION: Hamas and other armed groups have launched thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel since the latest conflict erupted.

3. Rocket intercepted
ANNOTATION: Most of them are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.

4. Various of rally after it was resumed
++NIGHT SHOTS++
ANNOTATION: When the event resumed, relatives of those held captive and taken to Gaza by Hamas called for their immediate release.

5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Dani Miran, father of hostage:
++SOUNDBITE PARTLY OVERLAID WITH PAN OF RALLY++
++NIGHT SHOTS++
“I can't sleep because they took my child from me. I don't know what state he's in, whether he's hurt, in a hospital. Our kids are 100% all we want. And it's the duty of the State of Israel to return them to us.”
6. Crowd singing Israeli anthem
ANNOTATION: More than 220 hostages remain, including foreigners believed captured by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel.

ANNOTATION: Only four of the hostages have been freed.
STORYLINE:
An event by the families of Israelis taken hostage by Hamas was delayed by an air siren alert, prompting people to look for shelter.

Hamas and other armed groups have launched thousands of rockets from the Gaza Strip towards Israel since the latest conflict erupted.

Most of them are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome defense system.

When the event resumed, relatives of those held captive and taken to Gaza by Hamas called for their immediate release.

A man, whose son was kidnapped by Hamas said it was the duty of the State of Israel to return their children to them.

More than 220 hostages remain, including foreigners believed captured by Hamas militants during their Oct. 7 incursion into southern Israel.

Only four of the hostages have been freed.

AP Video shot by Ami Bentov

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