At least 50,000 protesters call for the release of hostages at a demonstration in Jerusalem

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April 7 (EUROPA PRESS) –

At least 50,000 people demonstrated this Sunday in Jerusalem in front of the Israeli Knesset or Parliament, coinciding with six months since the attack by Gazan Palestinian militias against southern Israel in which the approximately 133 hostages believed to be still in custody were kidnapped. the Palestinian enclave.

“How is it possible that after six months (the Government) has not brought you back,” Hagit Chen, mother of the murdered hostage Itay Chen, asked from the stage set up for the protest, reports the newspaper 'The Times of Israel'. '.

The demonstration has been called by the Forum of Families of Hostages and Missing Persons, which calls on the Government, in particular the Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to reach an agreement for the release of hostages. The only mention of him to Netanyahu has been met with intense boos from the crowd.

The rallies have been repeated in several cities around the world, such as New York, where thousands of people have demonstrated in front of the UN headquarters in Manhattan.

There have also been rallies in Toronto – with pro-Palestinian counter-demonstrations – or in European cities such as Brussels, London, Amsterdam or Paris.

In the French capital, attendees gathered at the Trocadero, next to the Eiffel Tower, waving Israeli flags and displaying banners with images of the kidnapped people.