Machvit Meyer, aunt of hostages Gali and Ziv Berman, urged mass action. “We’ve never received footage of them, but Evyatar and Rom’s images mirror their suffering. Don’t look with pity—take to the streets. If masses protest, we might prevail against the evil holding them and deciding their fate,” she said.
“We need the Israeli people with us to cry: Don’t sacrifice our loved ones on the altar of endless war. Returning all 50 hostages is Israel’s only victory—this is the sole national interest. Bring them back before it’s too late,” the Hostages and Missing Families Forum said in a statement.