Tel Aviv, Oct. 12 -- A huge crowd filled "Hostages Square" in Tel Aviv tonight for a spectacular gathering. Participants expressed hope that it would be the last rally of its kind, as everyone hopes that the hostages will return as provided for in the agreement to end the war in Gaza, despite the remaining gaps in the following stages of the talks.

Nurit, in her 70s, spent her teenage years through the Seven-Day War and became an adolescent right after the Yom Kippur War. She hopes to return soon to the Museum and the Opera House to enjoy herself as she did in the past.

She adds that she feels as if the memories of the locals have been kidnapped along with the hostages.

This place, she explains, "once synonymous with music, exhibitions...