'We should celebrate Independence Day, but we should do it differently this year'

Bereaved father talks about his son Ori's faith that kept him going in captivity

'My son's mission, apparently, was to save souls from the Jewish Nation,' Rabbi Elchanan Danino, father of Ori, who was murdered in Hamas captivity admits.

'We should celebrate Independence Day, but we should do it differently this year'

Ahead of Israel's Independence Day, the family of Hersh Goldberg-Polin and the families of the five hostages who were murdered along with him in a tunnel in Rafah are inviting the public to an evening of songs for the hostages, without politics. Jon Polin says, 'Everyone wants to bring the hostages home, even people with different ideas on how to do it'

"There is no independence when they are still there," wrote Yarden Bibas and shared today (Monday) on social media ahead of the Independence Day events that will take place this coming Thursday. "On the 76th Independence Day, I was in the tunnel and I didn't think that in Israel they celebrate Independence Day during a time of war and while there are prisoners of war in captivity.

59 Kidnapped, 569 Days | John Pollin and the families of the five kidnapped people who were murdered along with Hirsch in the tunnel near Rafah invite the public to an evening of singing for the kidnapped - without politics: "Everyone wants to return the kidnapped people, and people also have different ideas on how to do it" ■ These are the protest events expected today