Fifty-six former hostages released or rescued from Gaza sent a letter to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling on him to carry out the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal and ensure the release of all remaining hostages at once.
"We were taken during the massacre on October 7. We've suffered the agony that our loved ones are currently suffering. We have seen the darkness, heard the horrors, breathed the fear," the Friday letter read.
"Cruel torture, abysmal starvation, diseases without treatment - this is their reality at this very moment. We are not truly free whilst they are still (in Gaza). Every minute there is hell, every passing moment is a potential death sentence," the letter said.
"This may be our final opportunity to save lives, and our final chance to bring [home] the slain hostages before they are lost. Do not let this opportunity pass you by. The entire Israeli people want the hostages home - the living for recovery, the slain for proper burial.
"We demand that you, the prime minister, along with the cabinet members and the government...bring them home by fully implementing the Gaza ceasefire deal - in one release, without delay."
The list of freed hostages who signed a letter to Netanyahu
The list of hostages signed on the letter is as follows: Yarden Bibas, Liri Albag, Arbel Yehoud, Daniella Gilboa, Omer Shem Tov, Naama Levy, Sagui Dekel-Chen, Karina Ariev, Ofer Calderon, Amit Soussna, Sasha Troufanov, Sapir Cohen, Gadi Mozes, Doron Steinbrecher, Omer Wenkert, Eliya Cohen, Yocheved Lifshitz, Almog Meir Jan, Ohad Ben Ami, Mia Schem, Or Levy, Raz Ben Ami, Moran Stella Yannay, Mia Regev, Itay Regev, Sharon Aloni-Cunio, Adina Moshe, Fernando Merman, Ruth Munder, Margalit Mozes, Keren Munder, Rimon Kirscht, Danielle Aloni, Liat Atzili, Ofir Engel, Yelena Troufanov, Tami Metzger, Hanna Perry, Hagar Brodutch, Nili Margalit, Meirav Tal, Liam Or, Shani Goren, Ditza Haymen, Noga Weiss, Shiri Weiss, Raya Rotem, Ada Sagi, Irena Tati, Hila Rotem Shoshani, Doron Katz, Gabriella Leimberg, Karina Engelbert, Mika Engel, Shosan Hern, and Ilana Gritzewesky.
The letter was also signed by the families of minors who were held captive in Gaza, including Or and Yagil Yaakov, Amit Shani, Abigail Idan, Gali Tarshansky, and Noam Avigdori.
This is a developing story.