As Israel expands its operation in Gaza, the family members of Hamas captives want to know how the government plans to keep the hostages safe.
People view a wall identifying hostages held by militants in Gaza during a demonstration calling for their release in Tel Aviv on Saturday. TEL AVIV — Ayelet Samerano, whose 21-year-old son Jonathan was abducted by Hamas on Oct. 7, watched on television Friday night as Israel’s ground and aerial attacks on Gaza ramped up.
“I’m not afraid of what my government does in Gaza,” she said. “I’m afraid of what Hamas can do to Israel.”Samerano told herself that her son would be safe during the Israeli offensive — that Hamas, she believed, was keeping the hostagesBut not all of the families of the hostages — who span Israel’s political spectrum — were as certain that their relatives would be protected in an Israeli ground invasion or a widening bombing campaign. Israeli military spokesman Rear Adm.
And now there was a new question: How would the Israeli government keep the hostages safe as it conducted its most aggressive bombing campaign of Gaza in more than a decade?Yonatan Shamriz, whose brother Alon was kidnapped from the Kfar Azza kibbutz, said he had stopped believing on Oct. 7 in the possibility that Israel could coexist with Hamas-led Gaza. He found himself craving a military response.
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