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At Tel Aviv’s Hostage Square, Israelis mourn — and vow to keep fighting for the captives who remain

JL;DR SUMMARY In Tel Aviv's Hostages Square, thousands gathered to mourn the return of four deceased hostages from Gaza, including peace activist Oded Lifshitz, and the Bibas family. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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HamasTel AvivGazaIsraeli GovernmentHostagesPeace ActivismShiri BibasOded LifshitzCommunity Mourning

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Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Thousands of Israelis flooded Hostages Square in Tel Aviv on Thursday evening, their grief echoing in silence and sobs in a ceremony marking the return of the bodies of four hostages earlier in the day."
Nir Oz, Southern District, Israel
"Yael Adar, mother of Tamir Adar, who was killed during Hamas Oct. 7, 2023 attack while defending Nir Oz, and whose body is being held in the Gaza Strip, called on the crowd to demand that all hostages, living and dead, return by Israels Memorial Day, a solemn occasion that falls in late April this year, calling it her sons last will and testament."

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