Israeli families make Passover plea as war in Gaza drags on

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Relatives of Israel i hostages held in Gaza will mark the start of Passover, a week-long festival that celebrates freedom, with a renewed plea to the government to make a deal to return their missing loved ones. Passover, starting on Monday evening, is traditionally observed with a Seder, a holiday feast when families gather and celebrate the biblical account of the Israel ites’ freedom from Egyptian slavery.

’ Hamas fighters killed some 1200 people and abducted another 253, on October 7, according to Israeli tallies, triggering the war in Gaza in which more than 34,000 Palestinians have been killed, according to Gaza health authorities. Some of the hostages were freed in a November truce, but efforts to secure another deal to release the remaining 133 captives appear to have stalled for now.

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