A year after Hamas tunnel executions, Israel honors 'Beautiful Six' as hostage debate intensifies
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Israelis on Saturday marked one year since IDF soldiers recovered the bodies of six hostages executed by Hamas terrorists in a tunnel in the Gaza Strip.

Organizers estimated nearly 100,000 Israelis gathered in Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square to remember them as family members called on the government to make a deal to bring their loved ones home. A giant flag was unveiled calling on President Trump to “Make History.”

The executions plunged Israel into mourning. The hostages were Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov and American-Israeli Hersh Goldberg-Polin.

“How do you sum up in a few words what you want to be remembered about your only son? He was a gift, a blessing, a talented listener, funny, respectful and a curious citizen of the world,” Jon Polin and Rachel Goldberg-Polin, Hersh’s parents, told Fox News Digital.

told Fox News Digital that his Yesh Atid Party supports “a full comprehensive deal which will include the return of all the hostages and an end to the war.

“If that deal isn’t possible,” he continued, “then Israel should accept the partial deal that has been agreed to, which will give us time to achieve a full deal.”

Netanyahu told visiting Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, on Monday that the decision to expand the military campaign was “unequivocal.”

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