As the military operation in Gaza expands, pressure is also increasing on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring the hostages home. At the same time, many Israelis want him to go. The mood in Tel Aviv is heated.
By Verena Hölzl
When Israeli tanks rolled into the Gaza Strip on Saturday night, Meirav Leshem-Gonen felt overwhelmed by their helplessness. Her daughter Romi is one of the more than 220 hostages who were attacked by Hamas at a music festival on October 7th and taken to the Gaza Strip. She is frightened by the ever-increasing bombing of Gaza and the fighting on the ground. “I never got an answer as to how they were going to protect my child,” she says.
Source: Stern
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