The clock that counted every second the time Israeli captives have spent in Hamas hands since the group’s attack on October 7, 2023, stopped last night.
A large crowd gathered for the occasion in Tel Aviv’s Captives Square, where the Forum of Families of Captives and Disappeared organized a ceremony to symbolically stop the clock.
At 17:35 p.m., the clock, which had counted 843 days and 12 hours since the moment 251 people were kidnapped and taken to Gaza, symbolically stopped, after the last captive held in the Gaza Strip, Ran Gwilyi, was found.
Among the speakers at the event were Gvili’s sister, Shira, former captive Segev Kalfon, as well as family members of other captives and war victims, reports ap.
The body of the last Israeli prisoner in Gaza has been identified, the Israeli military announced on Monday, paving the way for the second phase of a ceasefire in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
Israeli casualties including the initial Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, and its aftermath are reported to be around 1,200 people killed by Israeli authorities and Western news sources.
According to the Gaza Health Ministry, the death toll from the Israeli offensive since October 7, 2023, has exceeded 71,600 Palestinians. This total includes both civilians and combatants, with many reports indicating that the majority are civilians. /Telegraph/