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A Plea from the Relatives
of Hostages:
Unite in Prayer to Bring Them Home
Australia, the Jewish community turned out in a show of solidarity to hear their stories.
Iwentalongandwasdeeplyimpressedbythe ”
experience, as this article attests. I posted it on Lightof Torah.net and it was picked up by a Jewish newsfeed.
The six people seated before us are Israeli Jews, a small delegation visiting Australia—not dignitaries or VIPs but ordinary family members. Each has a story of anguish to share, and each does so, one by one, to a gathering of hundreds of members of Sydney’s Jewish community.
One is the uncle of 19-year-old Roni, killed by Hamas terrorists in southern Israel on October 7, as she and other young female soldiers heroically defended the communications room near the border of the Gaza strip. Some made it out alive, some were taken hostage. Sadly, Roni perished. ‘Mum, I love you, don’t worry for me’ were the words of her final text.
4 December 2023
“ In early December 2023, when a small delegation of Israelis representing the hostage families visited
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