After the shocking and painful footage of the six kidnapped people lighting Hanukkah candles in the depths of Hamas tunnels was published: Aharon Danino, brother of Uri Danino, who was kidnapped and murdered in captivity, decided today (Friday) to channel his immense pain into a call for unity and light.
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In a video he posted on social media, he addressed the Israeli public in a choked but determined voice, asking to turn the last memory of his brother and friends into a binding testament for all of us ahead of the upcoming holiday, while emphasizing the spiritual heroism that the hostages showed even in the most difficult moments underground.
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Aharon referred in his remarks to the struggle of the hostages to maintain their humanity and their Jewishness in the midst of the inferno. "Dear friends, have you seen the videos? Have you seen how they fight for their Jewish identity? Have you seen how they fight to spread light in the darkest place there is?""
He added a call to action: "All of us, by Sunday, are organizing a menorah and together spreading the light of Uri and the other kidnapped people. Everywhere, I am waiting to see you spreading your light – in their memory, for their sake. The people of Israel are alive.".
