Protesters demand October 7 investigation two years after murder of six Gaza hostages

The Women Demand Life movement protested in Tel Aviv on Sunday, demanding a commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre. The protest marked two years since Hamas murdered six hostages in August 2024: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino. Demonstrators held cutouts of the hostages' faces and a banner reading "We won't forget, they could have returned alive." The Hostages and Missing Families Forum blamed the deaths on sabotage of a hostage deal and called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bear responsibility.

The Women Demand Life movement held a protest in Tel Aviv on Sunday morning, August 9, 2026, demanding a commission of inquiry into the October 7 massacre. The protest took place two years after Hamas murdered six hostages in August 2024: Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Eden Yerushalmi, Carmel Gat, Almog Sarusi, Alexander Lobanov, and Ori Danino. Photos show demonstrators holding cutouts of the hostages' faces and a banner reading "We won't forget, they could have returned alive." The Hostages and Missing Families Forum, quoted in the article, blamed the deaths on sabotage of a hostage deal, stating that a deal had been on the table for over two months and that delays, sabotage, and excuses prevented the hostages' return. The forum called on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bear responsibility after the IDF recovered the six bodies. The article reports the protest and the forum's statement without additional analysis or comment.