In Tel Aviv and beyond, 200-seat empty Shabbat tables are set for Israeli hostages
In addition to the Tel Aviv table, tables for hostages were set up in advance of Shabbat in the Jewish Quarter of Rome and on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach.
Families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas militants in Gaza set a Shabbat table with more than 200 empty seats for the hostages, at the "Hostages Square", outside the Art Museum of Tel Aviv, October 20, 2023.(photo credit: GILI YAARI /FLASH90)ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA