"We mourn together, embrace together, and cry out together for the immediate release of our brothers and sisters from the darkness of captivity," said the Israeli president.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Monday evening called for the redemption of the 115 captives still being held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip, in a special message broadcast a rally held at “Hostage Square” in Tel Aviv.
“This year, on the eve of Tisha B’Av 5784, as we mark together thousands of years since the destruction of the Temple, we also mark 10 months of pain since that terrible wound inflicted upon us by our enemies with monstrous cruelty—on the morning of Simchat Torah—it seems that even the lamentations suddenly take on different meaning,” said Herzog.
