On the eve of the much-anticipated truce negotiated between Israel and Hamas, doubt is settling in the minds of the families of the hostages and their supporters. Will they be released from this Sunday, as promised by the organization behind October 7? To try to exert pressure, a large rally calling for the release of the hostages was organized this Saturday in Paris.
After several last-minute crises and final negotiations, the Israeli security cabinet approved the ceasefire agreement with Hamas on Friday evening. It should therefore officially come into force this Sunday at 7:30 a.m. Paris time. A truce which also means the release of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip.
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For six weeks, the terrorist group committed to freeing 33 hostages, including three this Sunday. Emmanuel Macron said on Friday that the last two Franco-Israeli hostages, Ofer Kalderon and Ohad Yahalomi, appeared on this list. A large rally calling for the release of the hostages was organized this Saturday in Paris, Place du Trocadéro.
Between support for families…
Several thousand people gathered in front of the stage installed on the Place du Trocadéro, facing the Eiffel Tower. Lots of French and Israeli flags or signs with the faces of the hostages still in the hands of Hamas. Everyone here can’t wait to see if this Sunday the first releases will have taken place, like Ava.
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“We are all very happy to have received this news and above all very moved. I especially wonder for the families of the hostages, in what state they must be… It’s horrible. And yes, we are all very worried but it remains progress,” she explains at the microphone of Europe 1.
…And distrust of Hamas’ promises
More than a year after the attack on October 7, in 2023, these supporters, however, remain very suspicious. “I will only believe what I see, because Hamas makes a lot of promises for nothing. Everyone is very worried,” “We must always remain suspicious because it is a truce that hangs by a thread And so today, indeed, we are rather happy, rather satisfied, but as long as we do not see the hostages officially, alive, in good health, we will remain suspicious”, confide two of them. .
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The speeches of public figures follow one another, such as that of the television host Arthur or even some in duplex from the hostages’ square in Tel Aviv. Efrat, the sister of Ohad Yahalomi, one of the last two Franco-Israeli hostages, was also present. Many people wanted to pay tribute to Kfir Bibas, the youngest of the October 7 hostages, who just turned two years old this Saturday.
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