Hostages Square

This page is subject to the extended confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict.Hostages Square (Hebrew: כיכר החטופים) is a public plaza located in front of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

[5] The square also hosts kiosks selling T-Shirts, umbrellas and hoodies with the Bring Them Home Now logo, tents set up for gatherings and discussions and small stages for speeches and presentations.

[9][10] Some pieces were created for events that were to take place after the October 7 attacks, like the large metal and wood female face sculpture by Nitzan Peled and Gidi Galor.

[7]A 25-meter mock Hamas tunnel was erected simulating a claustrophobic, dimly lit passage through which attendees can walk; the names of the hostages, messages from families to their captured loved ones and marks counting the days since they were abducted.

The tags were created in connection with the UnitEd program of the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora Affairs and Combating Antisemitism and included 650 schools worldwide.

Speakers such as Cochav Elkayam-Levy, model Linor Abargil, and singer Rita also called out the silence of 268 women's organizations over the sexual violence and the status of the hostages.

[16] On the evening of 13 January 2024, an estimated 120,000 people attended the beginning of a 24-hour rally in the square to mark 100 days since the October 7th attacks in southern Israel.

Shabbat dinner table to represent hostages installed in Hostages Square
Entrance of the Kidnapped Tunnel performance art piece by Roni Levavi in collaboration with the Hostages and Missing Families Forum
Ambassador Jack Lew Speaks at the 100 Days Memorial for hostages at Hostage Square in Tel Aviv in January 2024
Poster of Traditional Jewish Prayer to Return Captives, seen in Hostages Square.
Our Heart is Captive in Gaza
Explanation of "The Tunnel" in Hostages Square