MARINA PINA
Updated Tuesday, February 6, 2024-19:58
Monarchy Felipe VI joins international pressure and will receive relatives of those kidnapped by Hamas
International Relatives of Israeli hostages visiting Spain: "I demand Netanyahu bring them home"
The lives of
137 people
have been detained for four months. And with theirs, those of their families. This is the number of hostages that the Hamas terrorist group is still holding somewhere in the Gaza Strip. And the objective of his relatives and international diplomacy now is to obtain his release in exchange for a permanent peace agreement. Their relatives are not satisfied with the
Netanyahu
government's negotiations and for weeks have been mobilizing so that their cause is heard in the world. Thus, they have conveyed their requests for freedom through the Organization of Relatives of Abductees and this Tuesday they managed to be received at six in the afternoon by Felipe VI.
A delegation, made up of three members of the foundation and parents, brothers and nephews of those kidnapped, arrived in Madrid this morning and, after a brief meeting with the President of the Government at the Moncloa Palace, they went to see the Head of the State. At six in the afternoon, Felipe VI greeted all the family members with a serious and empathetic gesture, with whom he shared
an hour of talk
in which he was able to listen to their stories.
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Felipe VI joins international pressure and will receive relatives of those kidnapped by Hamas
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Felipe VI joins international pressure and will receive relatives of those kidnapped by Hamas
There was the brother of
Iair and Eitan Horn,
who were kidnapped in Kibbutz Nir Oz. In the same place the brothers
Dolev and Arbel Yehoud
were kidnapped , and the father-in-law of one of them was at the meeting with the King today. Also the two brothers of the Arabian horse breeder
Muhamed El Trash
, who is a Bedouin Muslim; the father and brother of
Ori Danino,
who was kidnapped at the Supernova music festival;
Fernando Simón
was in Kibbutz Nir Itzjak
when he was kidnapped along with five other members of his family, including his sister Clara, who was in Zarzuela this Tuesday. Finally, Gilad Shohan has told the King of his anguish over the kidnapping of his son Tal. They, Holocaust survivors, relive the horror of anti-Semitism these days.
Together with the relatives of the missing and kidnapped , Rodica Radian-Gordon
, Israel's ambassador to Spain , attended the meeting at the Palacio
. The diplomat was called for consultations a few weeks ago, but she returned in January after staying away for 40 days. Although her Government does not like Spain's position, which calls for respect for international humanitarian law and a ceasefire, she has also heard on numerous occasions how they ask for the release of the hostages. Felipe VI endorsed this request at the reception for the diplomatic corps last week at the Royal Palace.