As usual, the family of Or Levy, an Israeli hostage held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, found themselves in front of the entrance to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art. Uncles, aunts, cousins, parents hold his portrait high. Only the age of the prisoner, kidnapped while attending the Tribe of Nova festival, in the south of the country, on October 7, 2023, was crossed out: 34, instead of 33 years old. “We’ve been disappointed so many times, it’s hard to be optimistic, but today I think something can happen”cautiously confides his brother, Michael Levy.
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In Tel Aviv, the families of hostages and their supporters met again at the start of the evening, Saturday January 4, in the square where, for months, they had gotten into the habit of gathering in weekend. But this time, a breath of hope sweeps the crowd of several hundred people gathered in front of a giant counter – 456 days since the massacre perpetrated by Hamas commandos accompanied by the capture of hostages on Israeli territory and the start of the war in Gaza that followed.
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