KIBBUTZ NIR OZ, Israel –The Jewish people celebrate Passover each year with a seder meal, recalling the Israelites’ miraculous exodus from Egypt after Moses told Pharaoh: “Let my people go.”
Ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday, the Hostages and Missing Families Forum, the main group that has been representing the hostages, organized an event at Kibbutz Nir Oz, close to the Gaza border, for family members of those taken hostage on October 7th to come together at their devastated kibbutz and cry out once again for their loved ones’ freedom.
Passover is known to Israelis as the holiday of freedom, and those here have the same message for the captors still holding their loved ones hostage.
“We want them to celebrate the upcoming holiday with us and not in dark tunnels in inhuman conditions. Let our people go,” Amir Alfassa cried out.
The large communal dining room at the kibbutz is blackened and full of soot. Last Passover, it was filled with hundreds of people, celebrating the Passover Seder.
This year there won’t be one at the kibbutz.
“It’s the holiday of freedom. And our people have no freedom. They’re still in captivity. And a year ago, they all celebrated here in the dining room
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