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Millions across the globe to recite Shema today for hostages

Families of hostages in Gaza will be speaking and praying at the Kotel

March 21, 2024 10:11
Israel in our Herts in Borehamwood hostage rally (Photo: E Jacobs Photography)
Millions of people will join in prayer this afternoon for the release of the 134 hostages still held in Gaza (Photo: E Jacobs Photography)
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Millions of Jewish people across the world are expected to join in saying the Shema this afternoon to show their solidarity with the hostages still held in Gaza.

Hamas terrorists abducted over 240 people on October 7, of whom 134 are still held captive.

Speeches at the Kotel (Western Wall) will start at 4.30pm Israel time (2.30pm UK time), followed by the reciting of the Shema an hour later. The diaspora Jewish community is being invited to join online

The event is being organised by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum and Aish, together with a number of other groups. 

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