Protesters carry coffins through Tel Aviv, symbolizing hostages taken alive and killed in Gaza

(5 Sep 2024)
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Tel Aviv, Israel - 5 September 2024
1. Various of protesters carrying coffins draped with Israeli flags symbolizing the six dead hostages recently found in Gaza
2. Various of coffins draped with Israeli flags placed at Habima Square surrounded by posters of the hostages
3. Close up of poster of Israeli-American hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin
4. Close up of poster of Eden Yerushalmi
5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Gil Dickmann, cousin of Carmel Gat, one of six hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza:
“She was abandoned to her death by a government that could have returned her. 327 days she was there in Gaza, in captivity. There were 327 opportunities to bring her back, and every single one of them was missed.”
6. Coffins draped with Israeli flags placed at Habima Square
7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Gil Dickmann, cousin of Carmel Gat, one of six hostages whose bodies were recovered in Gaza:
“Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, sentenced Carmel, my cousin, to death. Her and all the hostages.”
UPSOUND FROM CROWD (Hebrew): "Murderer"
8. Protesters leaving Habima Square carrying coffins draped with Israeli flags
STORYLINE:
Protesters marched somberly in Tel Aviv carrying coffins draped with Israeli flags on Thursday, symbolizing the hostages held captive in Gaza.

Gil Dickmann, cousin of Carmel Gat, a hostage whose body was recovered by the Israeli military from Gaza on Saturday, addressed the crowd.

"Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister, sentenced Carmel, my cousin, to death,” he said. "327 days she was there in Gaza, in captivity. There were 327 opportunities to bring her back."

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that Israel must keep open-ended control of Gaza’s border with Egypt, deepening his stance on an issue that has threatened to derail cease-fire efforts.

Netanyahu’s comments came as the United States is developing a new proposal for a cease-fire and hostage release deal in hopes of ending the nearly 11-month-old war.

In angry public statements, the families of hostages have accused Netanyahu of blocking a deal and potentially sacrificing their loved ones’ lives for the sake of holding the border strip.

AP video by Ami Bentov

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