President Yitzhak Herzog held a menorah lighting ceremony together with with injured veteran and IDF soldiers at Beit HaLochem in Tel Aviv tonight (Wednesday), where he spoke about the supreme importance of freeing the hostages.
Addressing the hostages' condition, Herzog said that "we are in a critical period for their return. Recently, I convened a conference at the President’s Residence focused on the medical condition of the hostages. We heard from freed hostages and medical experts, and based on their testimonies and all the findings presented to me, I reiterate: The hostages are in clear and immediate danger to their lives. With every passing day, the threat to their lives increases."
He ended by calling on the government to do everything possible to free them:
"I call on our leadership to act with all its might, using every tool at our disposal, to secure a deal. This is your duty. This is your responsibility. You have my full support! You have my full backing to achieve a deal that will bring them home! Bring the miracle of Chanukah to the people of Israel! Especially for those we failed to protect on October 7!
“The voices of our brothers and sisters cry out to us from the ground, reminding us that “whoever saves one life”—even one life!—“it is as if they saved an entire world."
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