Demonstrators gathered at “Hostages Square” in Tel Aviv on Saturday. The American president was not at the protest, but he was the person the people in Tel Aviv looked to with hope.
Two words stood out in conversation among Israelis who protested in Tel Aviv on Saturday night in support of a deal to release the hostages and end the war in Gaza: “hope” and “fear.”
Thousands took to the streets, with many saying there was a rare sense of optimism that a deal could now be reached, after Hamas said on Friday it was willing to release all the hostages and President Trump reacted favorably to the announcement.
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