Dozens of former hostages and relatives of those killed during Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel have announced that they are opposed to a government-planned ceremony marking its one-year anniversary, AFP reports.

In an open letter addressed to right-wing Transportation Minister Miri Regev, who is organising the ceremony, the signatories pleaded for the government to bring back the remaining hostages before holding such an event.

They also rejected “any use of photos of our loved ones, dead or alive, of details concerning them or the mention of their names” during the ceremony.

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