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‘It feels like a dream’: protests come to end as Israelis sing in ‘hostages square’

After 733 days, news of agreement greeted with celebration in Tel Aviv and stickers saying: ‘They’re coming home’For 733 days, Israelis have come to Hostage Square in Tel Aviv with a yellow piece of tape on their shirts bearing the number of days since 251 hostages had been taken captive by Hamas-led militants. On Thursday, the yellow stickers remained but the tally was gone. In its place was a simple phrase: “They’re coming home.”For two years, protesters had occupied the square, which faces the Israeli military headquarters, with an encampment and held rallies demanding the hostages be returned from Gaza. The area – soon nicknamed Hostage Square – was filled with art installations, pictures of the hostages and an electronic screen counting the days and seconds that hostages had been in captivity. Continue reading...


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