The Hostage and Missing Families Forum appealed to Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion in a letter on Thursday to rename the capital’s Gaza Street to Hostages Street until all of the captives return from Hamas captivity.

Doing so will “carry a clear and moral message in the heart of the nation’s capital: Until everyone comes home, life in Israel cannot go on as usual,” the forum said.

It stressed that the new signs “will serve as a daily reminder to the city’s residents and to every passerby of the paramount duty to bring back all the hostages” for rehabilitation of the living and a proper burial for the dead.

The families wrote that the move, while symbolic, would be a meaningful step to express solidarity with the hostages’ families, increase public and international awareness, and convey a me

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