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OTTAWA – People whose family members were abducted during the Oct. 7 Hamas terrorist attacks against Israel brought their horrific stories to Ottawa Monday, hoping to remind Canadian politicians that there are still hostages that need to be brought home.
Brodutch said Ofri’s presents remain unwrapped and the family wakes up every day with the hope they will all be returned home. Broducth, who lives in Toronto, said he has spent the last few weeks at his brother’s side in Israel, but returned to Canada to make the case for the hostages. Israel’s Ambassador to Canada Iddo Moed said the government desperately wants the hostages returned, but said doing so requires the eradication of Hamas.
The Israeli government also screened some footage for reporters Monday of the terrorist attack that took place on Oct. 7 that was taken from security cameras in the areas that were attacked and from mobile cameras used by the terrorists themselves to film their actions. Chen Zeigen spoke to reporters about his mother, Vivian Silver, a 74-year-old woman who spent the first part of her life in Winnipeg before moving to Israel
“Absolutely all of them got kidnapped or murdered. So they don’t have anyone else to speak up for them. And I think the world needs to hear that.”
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