Hosts still held in Gaza Cast Shadow on the Jewish Easter in Israel
When Yona Schnitzer, a Marketing writer of Tel Aviv, participated in the traditional meal of Seder Pasqua, said a special prayer for the return of all the hostages still held by Palestinian militants in Gaza.He had thought that their freedom would be assured by Easter of 2025, but this did not happen."It has become so normalized that there are hostages in Gaza," said Schnitzer, 36 years old. "It's surreal and heartbreaking."Saturday evening, the Israelis will observe the beginning of the Jewish Easter, the Jewish Festival of Liberty, for the second time from 7 October 2023 led by Hamas, who lit the war in Gaza. The holiday is usually a celebration of the biblical history of the ancient Israelites freed from slavery in Egypt, with families gathering to tell that story, sing songs and eat sp...










