(Bloomberg) — Families and supporters of the remaining Israeli hostages held by Hamas flocked on Thursday to the Tel Aviv square that’s become the focal point of two years of campaigning for their release.

Yet, on this occasion, the mood was celebratory rather than solemn.

“I feel sublime this morning, something that can’t be put into words,” said Danny Miran, the father of Omri, who was taken from a kibbutz during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks. “We know nothing of Omri’s condition,” he added, having last seen his son in a video released by the Palestinian terrorist group about six months ago. “We just know he was suffering.”

Omri is one of the roughly 20 hostages that Hamas still holds in Gaza that Israel believes are still alive, and is now due to be freed under the terms of a peace

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