Father of Israeli captive at Gaza border: ‘We’ll keep fighting our government that is blocking a deal’
A group of Israeli captives’ relatives have staged a rally near the Gaza border, calling on their government to immediately bring their loved ones home, reports Israel’s Haaretz news outlet.
One of the protesters at the border is Yehuda Cohen, the father of Israeli captive Nimrod Cohen.
Yehuda used a loudspeaker aimed at the border to send a message to his son, telling him “we continue to fight for you” and “will not give up until you come home”, according to a video posted by Haaretz.
He added: “We will continue to fight until we make a deal, and we will continue to fight against our government that is blocking the deal.”
Captives’ families breach Gaza fence in protest
Israeli media is reporting that the families of the captives held in the Gaza Strip by Hamas and other Palestinian groups have broken through the border fence from the Israeli town of Nir Am.
Israeli outlet Channel 12 reported one of the family members as saying “We are inside Gaza and we will go to release them. The government did not bring them back, so we will do it ourselves.”
Reports say that the families were confronted by security forces and asked to leave Gaza, and that they complied. Footage shared by a group representing the captives’ families with local newspaper Haaretz shows the group of protesters.
בני משפחות חטופים עוברים את הגדר של קיבוץ נירים ורצים לעבר רצועת עזה, היום
קרדיט: מטה משפחות החטופים pic.twitter.com/o3SzxFdAtO
— הארץ חדשות (@haaretznewsvid) August 29, 2024
Translation: Family members of captives cross the fence of Kibbutz Nir Am and run towards the Gaza Strip, today.
