Some 1,400 victims were killed during the day of atrocities, with reports indicating some were beheaded, raped, set on fire, or slaughtered in front of their families.<\/p>\n
In recent days, some relatives of the hostages have backed the idea of exchanging the hostages for Hamas members now imprisoned in Israel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe whole exchange thing, that has been brought about, of exchanging thousands of terrorists for the life of one Jew, I think is wrong,\u201d Dafna Noury of Las Vegas said at the rally.<\/p>\n
If you are going to trade for hostages, how do you prevent this from happening again — until you wipe out Hamas?\u201d<\/strong> Las Vegas resident Marjie Shapiro added. \u201cAnd then, can you really trust Hamas?\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\nSo far, only four of the kidnapped hostages have been released by Hamas.<\/p>\n
Israeli military forces are currently attacking the Gaza Strip to target Hamas leadership and destroy its infrastructure. Many on both sides have been killed or injured during the conflict, which is also hampering the ability of humanitarian organizations to deliver aid to Gaza residents.<\/p>\n
As the situation unfolds, violence and threats of violence to Jews have spread to other parts of the world, including the U.S.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Hundreds of people assembled in Las Vegas Sunday night to call for the safe release of hostages. They were kidnapped in southern Israel and continue to be held by Hamas terrorists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":296183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,81886],"tags":[13766,88274,88569,87124,23],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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